Re: [SLUG] hardware KVM and USB mouse

From: chris lee (christopher.a.lee@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Nov 11 2004 - 16:57:43 EST


ive tried several adapters so far on all 4 ports but none of them work properly

i have a XPos box, a Debian box and a 486 running sentry firewall (to
protect the XPos box)

i have a spare mouse but i dont want to sacrifice the desk space on the mousepad

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:46:11 -0500, Mike Branda <mike@wackyworld.tv> wrote:
<snip>
> We have a bunch of belkin KVM's here at the office that have usb mice
> with ps/2 adapters that work great. have you tried a different ps/2
> adapter?? Are the boxes both linux or is one W_insecure_dows? Does it
> fail on both?? The only other thing I can think of is if the mouse was
> hooked up to the box as USB originally, and you haven't configured X for
> a ps/2, maybe that's the problem....does the kbd work on both??
>
> Mike Branda Jr.
>
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