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USB KVM switch won't work with X server
I bought a USB KVM switch to switch between a Windows XP box and a Fedora Core 3 box. It didn't work. So I hooked up a PS2 KVM switch with a PS2 keyboard/mouse and it worked perfect.
I put the USB KVM switch with the USB keyboard/mouse back in and it doesn't work again. When booting up Fedora, KUDZU recognizes the USB KVM switch and even lists it correctly as a JustCom USB KVM switch. I then tell KUDZU to configure the KVM switch and it does it. However, the KVM will switch from Windows XP to Linux, but once in Linux, it will not switch back to Windows.
Next I discovered that it will switch back and forth between Windows and Linux in runlevel 3. I then do a init 5 and start X and it no longers switches back to Windows.
So, there seems to be a problem with the X server and the USB KVM switch. There must be something I need to add to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, but I have no idea what it is. Remember it works with the PS2 KVM switch and PS2 keyboard / mouse both in runlevel 3 and 5. With the USB KVM switch and USB keyboard / mouse, it works in runlevel 3 but does not work in runlevel 5.
I am open to any suggestions as this has me baffled. This is not my computer setup, so eliminating the Windows box is not an option.
EDIT:
Ooops, here is what I currently have in xorg.conf for the keyboard and mouse sections:
Section "InputDevice"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection
Pudge
Last edited by Pudge; 06-22-2005 at 09:35 PM.
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