Date: 12 Jun 2002 10:12:49 +0100 From: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> To: Steve Fettig <lists@stevenfettig.com> Cc: Michael Wells <mwvw@adelphia.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KVM problems Message-ID: <1023873169.10393.71.camel@lobster.originative.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3D06C26F.2070405@stevenfettig.com> References: <200206100833.44751.loki_bsd@cox.net> <005601c21193$5f09d5e0$0a01a8c0@mswolf> <3D06C26F.2070405@stevenfettig.com>
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--=-orSFfMt/3qvNXOhAP6/u Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 04:39, Steve Fettig wrote: > Michael Wells wrote: >=20 > >I am installing 4.5 release and attempting to set it up with=20 > >a Belkin OmniView KVM. If I boot up and start the setup > >on the BSD machine everything is fine until I switch over and > >then come back. Upon returning to the BSD machine > >the mouse behaves erratically and continuing is impossible. > >Any thoughts on what I could be doing wrong? > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > =20 > > > Michael, >=20 > I had the same thing happen on two different Belkin KVM's (one being=20 > the Omniview)-- something makes me think that they aren't what they were=20 > cracked up to be -- and I had to turn off the scroll wheel option on my=20 > mouse in X to keep this from happening (this was also regardless of=20 > desktop environ. like KDE, Gnome or Windowmaker). This always happened=20 > on a *nix (FreeBSD, SuSE and RH Linux w/ X) but not the Windows=20 > machines... I just think they aren't designed well enough to work with=20 > *nix's -- but, like I said, problem was solved once I turned off the=20 > scroll wheel function. I also deal with odd issues with the keyboard=20 > that finally go away after switching back and forth between machines....=20 > Since I already sunk the money, I have to put up with it unless someone=20 > else has a clue as to what is happening. The symptoms are caused by the FreeBSD mouse driver and the Belkin's idea of the mouse state getting out of sync. You could try to find a firmware upgrade for the Belkin and see if that fixes. I use an Ultraview (not by Belkin) and the problem went away after a firmware upgrade on the KVM. --=20 Paul Richards | =20 FreeBSD Services Ltd | Pre-order your FreeBSD 4.6 DVD now! http://www.freebsd-services.com | =20 --=-orSFfMt/3qvNXOhAP6/u Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iQEVAwUAPQcQkH/5PEK9QuA3AQJEgQf9HsaeAECPxJc06jhSDNyMZxIMJJk82qM/ g3DfckEnwwmrxB4CklKxUz/rv00VhaK/AasJmFEkCpd5rLCDOH0brSilmFFb5jag ak/2knLilVkdPOEz9DsUPHofpLcN0nXTeR4lzqatQrn9qWeNHKAbUKcgACJBngVW eePa0+RGKVut7OFwjdIzx6EX0s6jhJ8Fa6sj2+70COd9JO56wkWE11LiNl3WF2ph fhfgBkzrXlPBcK3D5lNttHP63NTiOI1NdMCZK4bIc6KSEncgvoqSG+0nsqOovg7r JcP8FTwHXIkTbUS8WA+ejEJ53Qhf77I6XtZvWm61M59OMjuHUuxjWA== =RFx0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-orSFfMt/3qvNXOhAP6/u-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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