Re: mouse problems in 2.4.2

[Keith Owens]

On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 16:27:37 -0800, 
Stephen Satchell <[e-mail]> wrote:
>I'm experiencing the same thing with an ASUS P5A-B running a K6-2/266 with 
>Linux 2.2.17, and Windows 98.   Central problem appears to be the KVM 
>switch I'm using. Save yourself the problem.
>
>I had to reboot all the systems to get regular mouse operation back with 
>the Logitech.

I sometimes have keyboard and mouse problems after changing machines
using a mechanical KVM, on a Logitech mouse.  This script fixes it for
me.

/usr/local/bin/switched

#!/bin/sh
/etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm restart
/sbin/kbdrate -r 30

I run gpm in redirect -R mode as
  daemon gpm -t $MOUSETYPE -R -m /dev/ttyS0
and tell X11 to read from /dev/gpmdata as
   Protocol        "MouseSystems"
   Device          "/dev/gpmdata"
not directly from the mouse; the redirect protocol is always
MouseSystems, no matter what the underlying mouse type is.  Restarting
gpm after KVM switch then fixes everything else.