Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 16:00:31 -0400 From: Ilya Ayzenshtok <ilyaa11@hotpop.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moused weirdness with kvm (BSD) Message-ID: <1216927811.20030413160031@hotpop.com>
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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.
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