From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 9 06:52:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F6B6106566C for ; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:52:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (aristotle.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 244428FC1A for ; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:52:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nA96pPWe072154; Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:51:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:52:11 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:52:11 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20091109065210.GA28861@thought.org> References: <20091108024038.GA23704@thought.org> <20091108215713.aabc3e1f.freebsd@edvax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091108215713.aabc3e1f.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: stuff and even more problems.... [ to mostly the hard core ] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:52:20 -0000 On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 09:57:13PM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:40:41 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > it was .LT. sixty bux > > and next-to-worthless given my disability.[*] > > [...] > > [*] gotta type CTRL-ALT-Shift at just the right keyrate (+/- 0.000000000001s:) > > to change ports. > > What happended to the "old" fahioned way of having a simple > knob that you can turn to one of the 4 positions? Too > mechanically? Not "modern" enough? Not prone enough to > errors? > hah. i had no idea what i was ordering--well, other than a KVM switch. doubt if my college friend did either. what i bought was around sixty bux; the model with buttons Plus cables was around $150. und, zo, i guess do you get what pay for. except that:: there was nothing in the ad about having to hit ctrl-alt-shift so precisely. live 'n' learn, guys. they are looking to gouge you out of every last penny every which way they can. > I sill have such a switch here, but I'm lacking the cables; > they are maybe triple as expensive as a new "modern" switch > including cables which requires a race across the keyboard > in order to switch the targets. i was typing the three keys in about 1/15th sec. too fast. about 1/5th sec is too slow. i can't guess the rate, but it's hard to get just-right! (here is where i would pull out my hair and yell AARGH ... but i'm too fried:) > > Man, I sound sooo oooold... :-) > > Back on topic: With the use of an USB->PS/2 adaptor, you > could be lucky; most USB keyboards function as intended in > such a setting, but I've already found that not all of them > do. Strangely, the older ones (such as IBM model M) do, but > I had a "modern" Dell keyboard that didn't work with a > converter as mentioned above, allthoug it should (and worked > correct plugged in directly, and other keyboards workeed > correct with the adaptor). i think you have it backwards, polyt. the kvm switch has PS/2 plugs; the dell has [[i think female]] slots/jacks. tomorrow [OR monday/ here:)], i'll dig out the keyboard and plug its usb connector. see if the crapy/bleepy "os" boots. LOL. > > Strange stuff, produced by "modern" IT manufacturers... > > You'll end up having to try it. > i copy that, man. gary PS: One solid bit of good news is that Zeus is answering my prayers. no power-outs here > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php