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Ubuntu 9.10: switch in KVM, mouse is detected but not usable immediately

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I use a KVM switch to jump between my tower and laptop, both placed on my desk. With Ubuntu 9.04 this worked perfectly. In 9.10, when I switch to the tower, then back to the laptop, the mouse is detected (as shown by /var/log/messages) but moving it has no effect. If I use Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to …

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Fix for: Ubuntu 9.10: switch in KVM, mouse is detected but not usable immediately

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Ok, I don't have an answer for your hardware kvm question, but I might suggest that you look at synergy as a solution to your 'share keyboard and mouse' between two computers. Synergy is a lightweight client server app that uses the keyboard and mou…

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