From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 7 08:57:15 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 942AF16A4CF for ; Fri, 7 May 2004 08:57:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlrel7.hp.com (atlrel7.hp.com [156.153.255.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EF3043D46 for ; Fri, 7 May 2004 08:57:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from thad.butterworth@hp.com) Received: from xatlrelay1.atl.hp.com (xatlrelay1.atl.hp.com [15.45.89.190]) by atlrel7.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF2BD1C01605; Fri, 7 May 2004 11:57:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from xatlbh1.atl.hp.com (xatlbh1.atl.hp.com [15.45.89.186]) by xatlrelay1.atl.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5923FE; Fri, 7 May 2004 11:57:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: by xatlbh1.atl.hp.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Fri, 7 May 2004 11:57:12 -0400 Message-ID: <345D43ADFFFF864298F9ECD6C5D574E80C491B5B@xboi21.boise.itc.hp.com> From: "BUTTERWORTH,THADDAEUS (HP-Boise,ex1)" To: ron@icrsystems.net Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 11:57:10 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: text/plain X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Fri, 07 May 2004 15:57:15 -0000 I've got a Belkin KVM as well. After some playing around with it I did finally get it going and working. In my rc.conf file I have moused port as "/dev/psm0" and my moused type as "auto". I did have problems getting my scroll wheel to work, it would only work about half the time. I eventually replaced my MS Intellimouse with a cheapo optical mouse and all the scrolling problems went away. In both situations I have found that when switching from one pc to another that the mouse would at first jump around and randomly click on things when I came back to KDE on BSD. I solved this by locking the screen and then when I come back to KDE, moving the mouse around for a few seconds. It eventually stops jumping around and settles into working quite nicely. Hope this helps. Thad ------------------------------ Message: 17 Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 15:05:09 -0700 From: Gary Kline Subject: Re: KVM Switches To: "Foster, ThomasX" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040506220509.GD73842@tao.thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 Thad Butterworth UI Exploratory (208)396-5321 http://et.boi.hp.com