From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 6 15:05:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65C7F16A4CE for ; Thu, 6 May 2004 15:05:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sage.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88AD143D53 for ; Thu, 6 May 2004 15:05:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao [10.0.0.247]) by sage.thought.org (8.12.8p2/8.11.4) with ESMTP id i46M5VAl048909; Thu, 6 May 2004 15:05:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thought.org (8.12.9p2/8.11.3) with ESMTP id i46M5BFU074292; Thu, 6 May 2004 15:05:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.12.9p2/8.12.11/Submit) id i46M5AwW074291; Thu, 6 May 2004 15:05:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 15:05:09 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: "Foster, ThomasX" Message-ID: <20040506220509.GD73842@tao.thought.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 17 years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Ron Subject: Re: KVM Switches X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 22:05:20 -0000 Please excuse my top-posting. But again, the following messages show why this list is a major *plus++. I spent hours digging into various protocols trying to figure out why my mouse went heywire on my new platform. From what I read below, it may be my KVM switch. I've got a Belkin KVM, Logitech 3-buttom mouse, and IBM keybd. Go figure... gary On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 10:51:53AM -0700, Foster, ThomasX wrote: > Does your mouse exhibit the behavior of spitting out sync errors from > the console and sticking in the upper corner of your monitor? > > I had this exact problem with an Intellimouse Optical and an Apex > Outlook KVM. There seems to be an issue with most KVMs not passing the > protocol correctly when being switched, and psm has issues resyncing. I > finally resolved the issue by adding the following flags to my device > hints file for my specific kernel: > > hint.psm.0.flags="0x100" > > I then enabled device hints in my kernel conf: > > hints "mycustomkernel.hints" > > I recompiled my kernel and have had no problems since. My mouse now > works great between my FreeBSD server and my Linux Workstation on the > Apex KVM. > > Hope this helps. > > Thomas Foster > http://www.section6.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Brent > Macnaughton > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 8:42 AM > To: 'Ron'; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: KVM Switches > > I am willing to wager that it is the KVM switch itself that is the > problem. > I have had a few problems KVM switches before. > > 1) We have a Compaq Proliant 1600. On certain KVMs, the keyboard world > drop > keystrokes. It was impossible to use. I switched the KVM out with a > cheap 2 > port Hawking unit and it worked fine. > > 2) We have a Compaq KVM (a very expensive rack-mountable server class > unit). > It works great, or so we thought. The other day, we swapped out a two > button > mouse with a wheel-mouse. Guess what? Doesn't work at all. The mouse is > fine, it just won't work through the expensive Compaq KVM. > > Are you using Compaq hardware at all? Maybe that is your problem :) > > Another thing to mention... When you are booting your FreeBSD box, make > sure > you are switched to that box and watch it boot. If you are switched to > another computer when the mouse daemon loads, I have found that the > mouse > won't function at all. > > Brent. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron [mailto:ron@icrsystems.net] > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 5:20 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: KVM Switches > > > Need information on how to get a KVM switch to work with the FreeBSD > mouse > driver. > > The Monitor and keyboard work fine but I have to hook a mouse directly > to > the box for it to work. > > Thanks, > > Ron Martin > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix