Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:55:24 -1000 From: hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com To: thrawn <mattias.bjork@sydnet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mouse problems with KVM switch Message-ID: <1bead801bedc63.1bedc631bead80@socal.rr.com>
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From=3A thrawn =3Cmattias=2Ebjork=40sydnet=2Enet=3E Date=3A Thursday=2C August 19=2C 2004 6=3A18 am =3E Hi=2C =3E = =3E I have just brought this KVM switch=3A =3E http=3A//www=2Elevel1=2Ecom/products3=2Ephp=3Fsklop=3D20=26id=3D59043= 0 =3E = =3E But Im having major problems with getting the mouse to work under = =3E FreeBSD=2E Even the keyboard does not work sometimes=2E This KVM swit= ch = =3E has = =3E support for hotkey and also supports emulation on both mouse and = =3E keyboard=2E =3E When I boot up my system and see the BIOS on the computer the = =3E keyboard = =3E works just fine=2E Then when it continues to boot and comes to the = =3E loader=2C = =3E it still works=2E And the it starts to load the kernel=2E But then wh= en = =3E i = =3E get to the login prompt the keyboard does not work=2E =3E = =3E And sometimes even thought I stay with the computer the hole boot = =3E process I can=27t even use the keyboard=2E So I have to use ssh to = =3E login to = =3E the computer and make it reboot to regain the keyboard=2E I have also= = =3E tried to change the cables but I get the same results=2E And It works= = =3E with = =3E no problems under Windows XP Pro=2E =3E = =3E The system that im using is FreeBSD 5=2E2=2E1-p9=2C at least on this = system=2E =3E = =3E I have also two other computers that Im running FreeBSD-stable on=2E= = =3E On = =3E one of my FreeBSD-stable machines I have hade a working mouse under = =3E X = =3E Windows System (Xorg latest from ports)=2E =3E = =3E But then I rebooted the system and when I started xdm=2C it found the= = =3E mouse but when I move it around It didn=27t move like it should=2E It= = =3E took = =3E some seconds before it moved and it did not move like it should=2C = =3E jumps = =3E several ramdom cm/inches on the screen (Perhaps in the direction = =3E that I = =3E move the mouse im not sure)=2E Its on usable in other words=2E =3E = =3E I have also tryied to use moused under FreeBSD but I get the same = =3E fault/problem=2E I also have a problem if I do not have this machine = =3E selected when I boot=2E Then when I switch to it when the boot of the= = =3E FreeBSD system has complete=2C The screen on the monitor just blinks=2E= =3E = =3E Still the keyboard works because I can press two times Left Ctrl = =3E and = =3E then 1 to 4 to change the computer Im controlling=2E This I can not = =3E do = =3E with the FreeBSD 5=2E2=2E1-p9 system I can only see the screen but ha= ve = =3E to = =3E change the computer im controlling by pressing the button on the = =3E switch box=2E =3E = =3E I have tried to remove the cables and put them back again=2E But that= = =3E does = =3E not help=2C the only solution I can see is to reboot the system and = =3E let it = =3E boot with it selected=2E I have also booted up with the mouse = =3E directly = =3E connected to the computer=2E Then when the system boot was completed = =3E I = =3E moved the mouse around to see that it did work=2E After that I = =3E plugged = =3E back the cable from the switch in to the computers mouse port=2E And = =3E the = =3E plugged the mouse back in the switch box=2C that did not work either=2E= =3E = =3E I have also added flags to both psm0 and atkbd in my kernel config=3A= =3E = =3E =23 atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse =3E device atkbdc0 at isa=3F port IO=5FKBD =3E device atkbd0 at atkbdc=3F irq 1 flags 0x0 =3E device psm0 at atkbdc=3F irq 12 flags 0x0 =3E = =3E I have also tried with the flags set to 0x100 on both atkbd0 and = =3E psm0=2C = =3E but that doesn=27t seem to make any diffrance=2E I have done this on = my = =3E FreeBSD 5=2E2=2E1-p9 box as well=2E I have also changed it in=3A =3E = =3E /boot/device=2Ehints =3E = =3E But I don=27t get it working correctly either by that=2E =3E = =3E Does anybody have a clue or have hade any similar problems and/or = =3E who = =3E could shine some light on this problem=3F =3E = =3E Mvh Mattias Bj=F6rk Aloha Mattias This all sounds familiar=2E I too had a lot of trouble with a KVM switch=2E Actually=2C I tried two with the same problem you are alluding to=2E I came to the conclusion that the mouse will not work through the KVM switch using FBSD=2C or at least I never got it to=2E I have two computers that are both running 5=2E2=2E1 I have connected a mouse directly to each computer=2E I still had to shutdown both computers and connect = the cables for the monitor and keyboard from each to the KVM=2E I also connected and old mouse to the output of the KVM=2E With all this connected=2C I then powered up both computers=2E All seems = to work fine with the inconvenience of having to use 2 meese=2E I seldom have to go into one fo the computers=2C so I can live with it=2E This is probably not the answer you were looking for but you were also looking for others who had problems=2E Best of Luck Robert
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