Mouse freaks out in X on a Redhat 6.0 box sharing a CPU switch

[Muaddib]

I have a Win98 box and a Redhat Linux 6.0 box sharing a CPU switch. When using X on Linux the mouse (3 button Microsoft PS/2) works fine and when I switch to the Win98 box the mouse works fine, however, when I switch back to the Linux box the mouse acts erratic and is basically useless. If I restart the X server the mouse seems to operate normally. Anyone know how to solve this or do you think it is an X bug??

 

[AndyBo]

As I understand it, some switch boxes have a feature that &quot;keeps alive&quot; the mouse/keyboard connection to a server that is not currently displayed on the screen. I suspect you switch box may not do this, and this is what's causing X to start to behave erratically when you switch back to it.<br>
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Looks like Windows is handling losing touch with the keyboard and mouse better than X...

 

[alsd]

I too think that the problem is with the switch box. When I used one of those more expensive switch boxes (e.g. ATen), the mouse worked fine in both Linux and Windows, no matter how I switched between 4 machines.<br>
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But when I changed to a $12 switch box, about 90% of time the mouse in X simply won't move at all when I switched back from other machines. <br>
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I don't have to restart the X server though, I just ctrl-alt-Fx to one of the six virtual consoles, then ctrl-alt-F7 back to X, the mouse works fine again. But I agree it is very annoying.<br>
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[Muaddib]

In our case we changed the mouse specifications in /etc/X11/XF86Config to PS/2 instead of Intellipoint and it seems to work fine now. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions.

 

[Monch]

My kvm switch and my linux box were doing the same exact thing.&nbsp;&nbsp;It looks like switching it from a intellimouse to a generic ps/2 worked for my linux box to.