I too had the same problem, but I was not using a Belkin switch box. What I did for all of RedHat 7.x, was to CTRL+ALT+F1 and then CTRL+ALT+F7. That would always work for me.
Now that I'm using the RH 8 and now RH 8.1 Beta, I don't need to do that anymore. On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 12:47, Ricky Deitemeyer wrote: > Greetings to all- > > > > I’m experiencing problems getting Linux to cooperate with my Belkin > Omnicube switch box. Specifically, the keyboard and mouse both become > very erratic when I switch over between machines. I found this > solution on the Belkin website: > > > > A: Close gpm (the thing that does mouse for console apps) and also > change the XF86Config mouse section to be as below. > > Try to wait a few seconds after switching before moving the mouse. > > # > ********************************************************************** > # Pointer section > # > ********************************************************************** > > Section "Pointer" > Protocol "IMPS/2" > Device "/dev/mouse" > > Buttons 3 > # Buttons 5 > # ZAxisMapping 4 5 > > # When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment > # the following line. > # Protocol "Xqueue" > > # Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice > # BaudRate 9600 > # SampleRate 150 > > # Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice > # Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms) > # Emulate3Buttons > # Emulate3Timeout 50 > > # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice > # ChordMiddle > > > > > > > Alright, so I tried this, but still no dice. My XF86Config file seems > to be in a different format than their edit, so I am assuming that RH > 8.0 has a newer version of the file? Anyone know how to implement > this fix? If it at all helps, I am using a standard M$ Wheel mouse. > > > > Thanks a lot, > > > > Ricky Deitemeyer > > Mediabase Tech Dept. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
