How can I get my mouse functions back after plugging into a passthrough switch?
Seems like a fair number of people are unhappy with the Omniview KVM’s general quality. I would suggest taking it back and replacing it with another vendor’s model. I use an IOGear KVM and it works fine with my mouse’s scrollwheel. The only downside is that I had to get an extension cable for my mouse. I had to plug the mouse directly into the KVM to get it operational — I could not use my Apple keyboard’s second USB port.
The summary of the blog comments on toomuchsexy.org is that you should drop the Logitech drivers and download the MS Intellipoint drivers. Or get a KVM that does USB and not PS2. My hunch is that when you plug in a Logitech mouse to the computer, it has some kind of handshake protocol with the driver that tells it “yes I’m a logitech device, please enable the extra features.” When you turn on the computer connected to the KVM, the KVM sends a standard “hi I’m a mouse” PS2 signal, but not the logitech specific handshake. One poster said he was able to get around this as follows: 1. set up both computers separately to use the wireless keyboard and mouse… make sure that they are working flawlessly on both machines before step2 2. shut down your PCs and connect the KVM switch to both PCs but use a standard PS2 mouse and keyboard. Boot both machines, and make sure that everything is working properly. 3. while both PCs are running, replace the standard keyboard and mouse with the Wireless Lo
