Hi all! I'm at school right now, so I can't give full details...I'll try to later on tonight, but I have Calc in a few minutes so I can't do much now..

ANYWAY!

I recently bought a Linksys KVM switch to administer my two Linux boxes on my desk. One is running RH 7.2, (2.4.19?) the other RH 7.3 (2.4.19?). the second one, my HP, is the one in question. I have an NVidia chipset (though that's been factored out mostly), an Intellimouse USB, and an HP Internet keyboard.

Upon booting, because of the shoddy NVidia drivers I have, the computer starts into X partially...it goes through the bootup sequence and shows the "NVidia" screen...yet upon showing this screen, the X process reboots and tries to start again....I can't log in, x starts back up too quickly for my to log into text mode, so I can't view the logs...

I think it's the mouse:

Mouse --> USB->Ps/2 converter --> KVM switch --> Ps/2->USB converter --> Usb port on machine.

That would make sense, when I disconnected the monitor, it still didn't work...but when I hooked all components back into the machine, it all worked...

Any ideas? When i get home at about 5:30, I'm going to try the mouse and keyboard individually....it's one of them, I think...

thanks in advance,

I really don't have a clue what your problem is but i do know that linksys kvms get their "power" from the video cable.

Okay, it's definitely the mouse...

I've submitted my XF86Config-4...

Yes, I've been using Linux for many years now, but I'm still a huge newbie...

*deflects rocks*

But I have NO idea as to what to do...I need to change my mouse, evidently...how can I tell /dev/input/mice (or whatever it is) to point to the USB port...or is that the problem, since it SHOULD be pointed there anyway!

Agh, I'm confused...I'll just leave....if you have ANY ideas, please dont' hesitate to post...any ideas will help, I'll try anything (besides something dumb like rm -rf / *....i'm not THAT newbie...*

Ahh, no attachments...i'lll post it when i get to a working machine.,..

here it is...please help! Thanks!

attached...

# File generated by anaconda.

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Anaconda Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"

EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"

# Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5"

# when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the
# following line
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

# 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:nocaps"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "hp"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbVariant" "basic"
#Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 31.5-48.5
VertRefresh 50-70
Option "dpms"

# -- 1400x1050 --
# 1400x1050 @ 60Hz, 65.8 kHz hsync
Modeline "1400x1050" 129 1400 1464 1656 1960
1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync

# 1400x1050 @ 70Hz, 76.8 kHz hsync
Modeline "1400x1050" 151 1400 1464 1656 1960
1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync

# 1400x1050 @ 75Hz, 82.3 kHz hsync
Modeline "1400x1050" 162 1400 1464 1656 1960
1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync

# 1400x1050 @ 85Hz, 93.2 kHz hsync
Modeline "1400x1050" 184 1400 1464 1656 1960
1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync

EndSection

Section "Device"
# no known options
Identifier "NVIDIA Riva TNT (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Riva TNT (generic)"
BoardName "NVIDIA Riva TNT (generic)"
#BusID
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "NVIDIA Riva TNT (generic)"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "1024x768"
EndSubsection

Option "NvAgp" "0"

EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

K, I think I figured it out...well, partially...

It definitely lies in the mouse, somewhere. I plugged the USB directly into the machine, and also plugged a normal PS/2 mouse through the switch.

So since I only have one PS/2 -> USB converter, I can't test that....it might be the Intellimouse?

No idea, but it's solved...now I just need a decent PS/2 mouse....with more buttons..