From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 11 21:53:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sn1oexchr02.nextvenue.com (pony.nextvenue.com [209.0.251.199]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9CB6E37B781 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 21:53:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nevans@nextvenue.com) Received: FROM sn1exchmbx.nextvenue.com BY sn1oexchr02.nextvenue.com ; Sat Aug 12 00:52:48 2000 -0400 Received: by sn1exchmbx.nextvenue.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Sat, 12 Aug 2000 00:52:20 -0400 Message-ID: <712384017032D411AD7B0001023D799B33B235@sn1exchmbx.nextvenue.com> From: Nick Evans To: 'Greg Scott' , "Thomas Chen(???)" Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Data Switch kills Mouse(PS/2) Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 00:52:17 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C00419.17589A30" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C00419.17589A30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="big5" 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 -----Original Message----- 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. -- Greg Scott | Asimware Innovations Inc. Network Administrator | 600 Upper Wellington St, Unit #D Website Co-Ordinator | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L9A 3P9 greg.scott@asimware.com | Phone: (905)575-1042 | Fax: (905)575-0095 | WWW: http://www.asimware.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message ------_=_NextPart_001_01C00419.17589A30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="big5" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: Data Switch kills Mouse(PS/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"

Nick

-----Original Message-----
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 !=3D = 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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          &nb= sp;           &nb= sp;      = |         Fax: = (905)575-0095
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