Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 00:52:17 -0400 From: Nick Evans <nevans@nextvenue.com> To: 'Greg Scott' <gscott@asimware.com>, "Thomas Chen(???)" <Thomas_Chen@asus.com.tw> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Data Switch kills Mouse(PS/2) Message-ID: <712384017032D411AD7B0001023D799B33B235@sn1exchmbx.nextvenue.com>
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I've had the same problem on KVM's from Cybex, not frequently, but it has
happened, you might want to stay away from them. You should also be able to
kill the mouse daemon to reset it. Something like "kill -1 PIDOFMDAEMON"
Nick
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From: Greg Scott [mailto:gscott@asimware.com]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 11:27 PM
To: Thomas Chen(???)
Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Data Switch kills Mouse(PS/2)
> I've got a data switch to connect all my three PCs' Monitor, Mouse,
Keyboard
> together, so that I can use one Mouse(PS/2), Keyboard(PS/2) to control all
> of them.
> When I switch one to another, Everything's OK in win98 PC, but something
> wrong in my FreeBSD(4.0r). The following message appear:
>
> kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0080 != 0000)
>
> then the mouse can not work in FreeBSD,
>
> why??
Did you get a real KVM or just some rotary switch box?
If a switchbox, then yes, you will have problems since they do not
maintain the CLK/DATA lines to the computer they are connected to, so when
you do switch back to them, they will more than likelty be out of sync.
This is what a proper KVM is for. It maintains those signals to the
computers so you do not lose sync.
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I've had the same problem on KVM's from Cybex, not frequently, but it has happened, you might want to stay away from them. You should also be able to kill the mouse daemon to reset it. Something like "kill -1 PIDOFMDAEMON"</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Nick</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Greg Scott [<A HREF="mailto:gscott@asimware.com">mailto:gscott@asimware.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 11:27 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Thomas Chen(???)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: Data Switch kills Mouse(PS/2)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> I've got a data switch to connect all my three PCs' Monitor, Mouse, Keyboard</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> together, so that I can use one Mouse(PS/2), Keyboard(PS/2) to control all</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> of them.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> When I switch one to another, Everything's OK in win98 PC, but something</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> wrong in my FreeBSD(4.0r). The following message appear:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0080 != 0000)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> then the mouse can not work in FreeBSD,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> why??</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Did you get a real KVM or just some rotary switch box?</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>If a switchbox, then yes, you will have problems since they do not</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>maintain the CLK/DATA lines to the computer they are connected to, so when</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>you do switch back to them, they will more than likelty be out of sync.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>This is what a proper KVM is for. It maintains those signals to the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>computers so you do not lose sync.</FONT>
</P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>--</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Greg Scott | Asimware Innovations Inc.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Network Administrator | 600 Upper Wellington St, Unit #D</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Website Co-Ordinator | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L9A 3P9</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>greg.scott@asimware.com | Phone: (905)575-1042</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> | Fax: (905)575-0095</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> | WWW: <A HREF="http://www.asimware.com" TARGET="_blank">http://www.asimware.com</A></FONT>;
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