[ILUG] Reset mouse in X?

[Kenn Humborg]

> Ideas?
> 
> I'm using a KVM switch to share the mouse between different machines and
> in X, when I switch away and then back, the mouse is gone.  Is there any
> way to have X reset the mouse without doing a <CTRL><ALT><BACKSPACE>?
> Unpluging and repluging the mouse doesn't work but then, I didn't expect
> it to...

Have you tried switch to a text-mode console and then back to
X?

Or, if gpm is feeding the mouse movements to X, then try restarting
gpm.

Or get a smarter KVM switch :-)

Later,
Kenn