From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 13 13:05:47 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E24937B401 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 13:05:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from babyruth.hotpop.com (babyruth.hotpop.com [204.57.55.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3D0243F93 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 13:05:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ilyaa11@hotpop.com) Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [204.57.55.16]) by babyruth.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 5820E21BBF6 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 20:00:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 10.0.0.19 (pool-151-197-123-212.phil.east.verizon.net [151.197.123.212]) by smtp-2.hotpop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79BD61800C6 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 20:00:35 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 16:00:31 -0400 From: Ilya Ayzenshtok X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.62 Christmas Edition) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1216927811.20030413160031@hotpop.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: moused weirdness with kvm (BSD) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Ilya Ayzenshtok List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 20:05:47 -0000 This is a common problem with KVM's and optical mice/trackballs. I've had an identical problem with an IBM optical mouse attached to a KVM, one side was Linux and another one was Windows 2000 Pro (same problem repeated with FreeBSD/Win2KPro combo). The problem seems to be that Win and *nix somehow treat optical mice differently. I've researched the topic online, but could not find a single solution, although the problem is acknowledged. So what I end up doing is either a) get a mechanical mouse and use it between the hosts, or b) don't run xfree on unix, or c) give them separate mice. the problem might have to do something with the mouse protocol selection in xf86config, but it's just my wild guess. Ilya.