On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 10:14:14AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > Package: kernel-image > version: 2.6.8-2-k7 > > 1) congratulations on the 3.1 release! I've been running Sarge on a > number of machines and I love it! > > 2) This issue is one I should have reported some time ago. Sorry. It > seems to affect the 2.6.7 and 2.6.8 kernels but not the earlier or later > ones. I'm running a system with an MSI KT4V mainboard using an IOgear > MiniView KVM switch. The KT4V seems to have a problem with the MiniView > in that it will produce a keyboard error when I boot (except sometimes > from a cold start) if I have that system selected - but not if I am > watching a different system (go figure). This is generic to the KT4V > because I have another KT4V-based system with the same problem, but > other systems with different mainboards don't have this problem. This > information is provided as background - I know there are issues with > this KVM / Mainboard combination. > > The problem I'm having with the 2.6.8 kernel however is that when I boot > the system with the KVM attached to the PS/2 mouse port, the mouse does > not respond properly once X starts. It reacts to mouse movements in a > random fashion. However, if I boot with a mouse attached directly to the > PS/2 port, then switch to the KVM afterwards, the mouse behaves properly. > > I had also tried a number of workarounds including changing mouse > parameters in X and adding a mouse parameter in Grub. The latter worked > with the 2.6.7 kernel but not the 2.6.8 one. In the end, I had to go to > Sid to get a newer kernel. > > This problem disappeared in the 2.6.9 kernel and is still absent in the > 2.6.11 one which I am currently using (my only deviation from Sarge).
Thanks, I'll see if I can isolate the change and get it into a maintenence releaase of 2.6.8. -- Horms -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
