[Rgb]

I'm using a Logitech COrdless Mouseman Optical, and can't get the mouse wheel to function on a HTPC with XP SP1 through a KVM switch.


I have four HTPC's atached to the Belkin Omniview Pro KVM- 3 Win98SE and one XP SP1, with the mouse on the PS2 ports.


The scroll wheel works fine on all three WIn98SE boxes, but will not install or work with scrolling- but the wheel button functons!?


I've removed the mouse in the Device Mangler- err, Manager , several times, to no avail.


I just tried plugging it into the USB port, and it works directly plugged into the XP HTPC. Just not through the KVM.


Any thoughts?

 

[scarrow]

Does your KVM support USB? It seems like your KVM must be filtering out the info on the PS/2 port, probably because it doesn't support the range of signal or the line being used (not that I really know anything about the PS/2 port signals). I doubt it could easily do this with USB unless it wanted to (which would seem odd). My suggestion is just to switch to a USB KVM or to hunt for another KVM that does the PS/2 thing correctly.

 

[Rgb]

Thanks for the suggestion.


The odd thing is that the win98SE boxes have no problem with the wheel through the same KVM!


It appears to be an XP incompatibility. I guess the XP mouse driver and/or port polling doesn't like the KVM in the path...