On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 17:33 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 13:45 -0400, Timothy A. Holmes wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > > > Can anyone help us with this? I have no idea what to do.
> > > Her mouse
> > > > > and my mouse are identical (optical) and our two
> > > xorg.conf files are
> > > > > very similar. I have not seen this phenomenon on my PC
> > > though. We
> > > > > are using modular X.
> > > > >
> >
> > Any chance you are using a KVM Switch? -- ive had problems like that in
> > gnome for years using kvm switches. Now I use fluxbox
> >
>
> What's a KVM switch? I changed the protocol in my wife's xorg.conf file
> and she says it's behaving itself so far. I'll let you know if it
> starts going screwey again...
A KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) switch is a hardware device that lets you
use one keyboard, video & mouse one 2 to 8 (or more) computers. Very
neat, especially for server rooms.
Anyway, I had the same problem as you, and changing the protocol from
"auto" to something specific fixed it for me...
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