From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 8 9:36: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A90237B41D for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 09:36:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from 66-44-65-243.s497.tnt6.lnhva.md.dialup.rcn.com ([66.44.65.243] helo=sten.alder.net) by smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #10) id 16O0AK-0005vP-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2002 12:36:01 -0500 Received: by sten.alder.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 8 Jan 2002 12:35:48 -0500 Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 12:35:48 -0500 From: "Bob Hall" To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KVM switch problems and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020108123548.A651@starpower.net> Mail-Followup-To: Bob Hall , questions@freebsd.org References: <3C3A607E.F9358D5A@mmcable.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3C3A607E.F9358D5A@mmcable.com>; from emoe@mmcable.com on Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 08:59:10PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 08:59:10PM -0600, Erik Moe wrote: > Hello, > > I'm having trouble with a new Logitech optical mouse when it is > connected to a Belkin OmniView KVM switch. I previously used an old I have the same set up with the same problem. I spent hours pouring over the list archives and compiled a list of 11 solutions that people had used to solve the 'out of sync' problem. None of them worked. I ended up buying a mouse Y adapter so that I could use the optical mouse with Windows and the mechanical mouse with FBSD. To my amazement, that solved the dancing mouse cursor problem. Now I use the optical mouse with both OSs. I can eliminate the 'out of sync' messages by switching to another host and using the mouse briefly. It doesn't matter what the other host is; at the moment, my choices are FBSD, WinNT, and Win2000. Using the mouse in any of them stops the error messages when I return to the original FBSD host. The Y connector solution isn't perfect. About once a month, the cursor will start dancing in the middle of a session. Rebooting solves the problem. Also, I had to return the first one I bought because it stopped the mouse dance only intermittently, so this may not be a very reliable solution. The Y connector does what it was designed to do very reliably, but it wasn't designed to be a sedative for mice afflicted by tarantism. In case anyone else wants to try this, the connector is made by P.I. Engineering, Inc., and the box says 'Y-mouse, Dual PS/2 Mouse Adapter'. Bob Hall -- Know thyself? Absurd direction! Bubbles bear no introspection. -Khushhal Khan Khatak To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message