I have the same situation.

I had to get a second mouse
and not use with the switch box.

Other option is to get cybax 
digital KVM switch.

I have heard they work just fine with
Linux.

The Wolf

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Alan Dayley [mailto:adtron.com@snappy.wiredglobal.com]
-> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 11:27 AM
-> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
-> Subject: Switch box and mouse
-> 
-> 
-> 
-> I have a monitor, keyboard and mouse switch box.  I can 
-> switch these three
-> devices between two computers.  It is just a completely 
-> manual switch with
-> no intelligence or electronics.
-> 
-> I figured I could use it to switch between my Win and RH 6.2 
-> Linux boxes.
-> It switches but when I switch back to the Linux box, the 
-> mouse movement is
-> hosed.  The cursor just goes everywhere with the slightest 
-> of mouse motion.
-> 
-> Any ways to prevent this?  (I have done no research 
-> what-so-ever on this
-> problem.  I thought I would ask before I do any work.  Heh...)
-> 
-> Alan
-> 
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