I have used my Linksys SVIEW04 at work and at home on Windows and Linux machines and have never had to reboot a Linux PC because the mouse or keyboard stopped responding. (Windows is another story.) -- ---- ------ Todd Young -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> > On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Jeff Rasmussen wrote: > > > I've used Avocent Switchview because of their ability to reset the mouse > > and keyboard without rebooting the computers. > > I guess that is a KVM. Three earlier posts before this one mentioned KVMs > that also did not require rebooting. Maybe I don't get this. The whole > point of the KVM is that you can switch without rebooting. > > > > The sequence Ctrl-Ctrl-M-R will reset the mouse which is the only > > command I have needed to remember. > > That command is used with what software? Do you need to use that with > Avocent Switchview? If so, I would recommend using one of the three other > brands just discussed because none of them require a special keystroke. > You just switch and it works. > > Mike