is this kvm switch issue fixed???.....read inside

["Rob Wideman" <rwideman austin rr com>]

I am having this same issue that was in the archives....this is with an
Apex/Avocent EL-80DT kvm switch box.  This thing costs $1000 retail so i
think the 2nd option jeremy suggested is kinda incorrect since it is
basically a top of the line KVM that i have this SAME EXACT issue with.
Just wondering how to fix this????
Rob


>On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, Rob Heiser wrote:
>
>>   I have my Linux box sharing a monitor, keyboard and mouse
>> with an NT box through an A/B switch box. If I have Gnome
>> running and switch over to the NT box, then switch back to
>> the Linux box, I lose mouse control. I don't lose keyboard
>> control, because I can Ctrl-Alt-Backspace out of X. Is this
>> a Gnome or X problem?
>
>It's an X problem... what's happening is that your switch isn't
>simulating the presence of a mouse and so it appears as though the mouse
>has been disconnected when you switch.  X doesn't like devices
>disappearing out from under it and doesn't try to open() the device
>again after it has lost it.  I'd recommend either a) get separate mice
>for the boxes or b) get a real kvm which will make it appear as though
>the device is present even when switched away.
>
>Jeremy