Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 09:51:39 -0500 (CDT) From: Tommy Forrest <tforrest@shellworld.net> To: Ruben de Groot <fbsd-q@bzerk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: When is FreeBSD going to work properly with KVM switches? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0207160949510.3432-100000@server1.shellworld.net> In-Reply-To: <20020716164618.A40753@ei.bzerk.org>
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I have no problems with FreeBSD and my Belkin 4 port Pro KVM switch. The system will boot fine regardless of where the switch is positioned. No configuration changes to the kernel or nuttin. I have had some problems with switching to another device and back to my W2k machine and not having my M$ trackball not reset all the buttons. But thats a complaint for another place. On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Ruben de Groot wrote: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 07:31:05AM -0700, Steve Wingate typed: > > On Tue, 2002-07-16 at 07:06, Tom Limoncelli wrote: > > > Ruben de Groot wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 07:33:31PM -0400, Eric Olsen typed: > > > > [...] > > > > > > > >>I have not had any problems switching between machines, EXCEPT that > > > >>when a machine is booting up, the KVM must be set to that machine in > > > >>order for recognition of the mouse and kbd to work properly. I find > > > >>this to be true for Win, FBSD, and Linux. Once the machine has booted, > > > >>I can switch away and back with no problems. I believe I was running > > > >>FBSD 4.3 when I first installed the KVM. > > > > > > > > > > > > This is a kernel configuration issue. Edit the line > > > > > > > > device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1 > > > > > > > > in your kernel configuration file, removing the "flags 0x1" part. Recompile > > > > your kernel and reboot. The machine will now recognize your keyboard even > > > > when it was switched away at boot time. > > > > > > Why isn't this the default for GENERIC kernels? > > > > > > And dare I ask... why is there even a flag for this situation? > > > > Probably because it isn't always needed, and in my case didn't work > > anyway. The problem is the mouse, imo. > > Yes, I was responding to the no keyboard on boot problem Eric Olsen was > talking about. This is not related to your mouse problem (I guess). > > The reason there's a flag in the GENERIC kernel to only try the > keyboard once on boot-up has something to do with trying to make the > GENERIC kernel as generic as possible (so when a check for PS/2 keyboard > fails, for example, it will continue to look for other keyboards, like > USB). At least, that's what I'm told. > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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