Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:27:59 -0800 From: "Dax Eckenberg" <deckenberg@dweebsoft.com> To: "Justin P. Michel" <jpmichel@jcontinuum.ca>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: KVM (keyboard-video-mouse) Switch Message-ID: <08d301c2c254$c59dcdd0$0a0aa8c0@dweebsoft.com> References: <019301c2c253$e3613d30$0e0ea8c0@xerxes>
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> I have an electronic KVM that I want to use to switch between my crappy > system, and my FreeBSD system. The keyboard and mouse work fine on my > crappy system, but, on the FreeBSD system, they work fine on startup, but > after switching back and forth only once, the mouse (LED mouse) starts > flashing, and the keyboard only works intermittently. After reading a bit > on the newsgroups/mailing lists, I added "flags 0x100" to the "device psm0" > line in the kernel, and recompiled it, but that did not fix the problem. > Then, I added the optional 9V adapter to the KVM, but that also did not fix > the problem. Is there something I am missing, or does FreeBSD just not work > with a KVM? > > I'm using FreeBSD 4.7-Release-p3. The two different KVMs (both create the > same problem) are a Belkin OmniView SE, and a StarTech StarView. > > Regards, > > Justin P. Michel Does your KVM have the option to "reset the mouse & keyboard"? I use Cybex KVM's and the problem you're describing is normally fixed by performing a kbd/mouse reset via the Cybex's on screen menu. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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