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ms mouse and kvm switch
Authored by: veshman on Dec 12, '02 05:43:44AM

Hi, I use a MS Intellimouse Explorer (great mouse) and I have noted a few kernel panics with Jaguar. The ONLY time these have happened is when I've swtiched between my Mac and PC via the KVM switch (sharing keyboard, video, mouse) several times in short while.

Restarting the machine solves the problem.

Thanks for the link.



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ms mouse and kernel errors
Authored by: Gorloth on Dec 12, '02 08:36:31PM

I have a new dual 1 Gig MMD running 10.2.2 and have had a kernel panic requiring a power down and restart almost every time after the computer went to sleep, other oddities include programs that just wouldn't start, etc... I finally did an Apple hardware test and found 1 consistent bad 512M DIMM. I had 3 installed. I removed the erroneous one and 60% of my problems went away. I had already taken my MS cordless optical and put the original Apple optical back on. Even did several clean installs. Finally removed the remaining two 512Meg DIMM's and put the original 256Meg DIMM in and have been running with out a hitch. BTW I called Kingston and they said to send all 3 DIMMS back for replacement. I'll keep my fingers crossed and test by adding only one DIMM at a time. A little off base but has anyone had this problem. After waking from sleep, I type in a URL but it doesn't seem to take the first keystroke. Using MS Explorer 5.2.2 Thanks



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ms mouse and kvm switch
Authored by: jimhill on Jul 12, '03 03:00:02AM

Yes, this post is six months late and (rough estimate) 481 dollars short, but I can now concur with the poster before me: my only panics are coming if I switch between machines with my Belkin/IOGear USB KVM. Switch rapidly, anyway. If I don't "come back" to the Mac for a minute or so, I'll be fine, but if I flip away and back, a panic's more than likely. The kbd is a Microsoft Natural Pro and the mouse is a Logitech Cordless TrackMan. Just hoping to provide more data for future Googlers...


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Mac OS X: Because making UNIX simple is easier than debugging Windows.



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ms mouse and kvm switch
Authored by: TvE on Aug 14, '03 06:00:49PM

Me too(!) - Nice to see that I am not alone, it was really beginning to annoy me, but now I can see that I am not the reason :-)

I am using a Dr. Bott 8 port USB based KVM switch switching between a 10.2.6 G4 500 MHz and a couple of win2k/XP-machines.

They all share a Logitech Cordless Desktop MX that has this great feature of placing the "ALT" and "Apple/Windows" keys at the correct physical place for BOTH the platforms(!!!)
Using the Mac's keyboard on the PeeCee swaps* the two keys - not good when you're used to "the real thing"...

* Well actually not the keys do what their labes states - but on windows' keyboards their placement are reversed - know what I mean...?

Too often I get Kernel panics at the time of switching away from the Mac.
At first I had my suspicion at Outlook 2001 (in classic) so I switched away from the classic enviroment just before I had to switch to the windows machine - but today it happened when I was "in the Finder" - the Panic frequency has decreased though after my "stay away from classic when switching" behavior - but that just might be a coincidence.

I am maintaining a detailed log-file of the crashes and what I did when it happened to see if I can find a pattern.

I think I'll try to put a USB hub between the Mac and the KVM switch - rebooting is not an acceptable workaround.

PS.: I think I have had about 5 Kernel Panics in about 1-2 months, othervise I only reboot for system updates...

PPS.: I wonder if it makes a difference to install a PCI USB card???



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