[iyonix-support] Re: PS2 mouse/KVM/PS2->USB convertor Question

On Sun 29 Oct, Brian Howlett wrote:
> 
> On 29 Oct, Dave Daniels wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> > 
> > The mouse works fine with the PC on the KVM switch, which, again,
> > is using a PS2 to USB convertor. Does anybody have any ideas as
> > to why this is?
> > 
> I have the exact same set-up, without the extra mouse. I find that if 
> the mouse is frozen when the Iyonix boots up, I just need to switch to 
> one of the other inputs and back again, and the mouse picks up. My KVM 
> switch is the 4-port version.
> 
> What do you have the mouse type set to in Configure? Mine is set to 
> "Alternative USB Mouse".
> 
> I do have an oddity with the keyboard with this set-up - the |\ key 
> (the one between left-shift and Z) does not work on the Iyonix, 
> although it does on the other 3 computers. [1]

Sorry no idea for a cause or solution, which make and model KVM are you
using?

> The only way I can get 
> the backslash or vertical bar is to use !XChars. It doesn't matter 
> which keyboard I use.

Or you could use

For | ALT 124
& \ ALT 92 

 
> [1] Risc PC, Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux.


Chris Evans

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