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On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 17:33 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: |
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> On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 13:45 -0400, Timothy A. Holmes wrote: |
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> > > > > Can anyone help us with this? I have no idea what to do. |
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> > > Her mouse |
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> > > > > and my mouse are identical (optical) and our two |
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> > > xorg.conf files are |
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> > > > > very similar. I have not seen this phenomenon on my PC |
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> > > though. We |
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> > > > > are using modular X. |
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> > Any chance you are using a KVM Switch? -- ive had problems like that in |
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> > gnome for years using kvm switches. Now I use fluxbox |
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> What's a KVM switch? I changed the protocol in my wife's xorg.conf file |
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> and she says it's behaving itself so far. I'll let you know if it |
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> starts going screwey again... |
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A KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) switch is a hardware device that lets you |
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use one keyboard, video & mouse one 2 to 8 (or more) computers. Very |
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neat, especially for server rooms. |
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Anyway, I had the same problem as you, and changing the protocol from |
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"auto" to something specific fixed it for me... |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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I've got all the money I'll ever need if I die by 4 o'clock. |
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