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Date:      Sat, 12 Aug 2000 22:06:35 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        =?big5?B?VGhvbWFzIENoZW4os6+n06n3KQ==?= <Thomas_Chen@asus.com.tw>
Subject:   RE: Data Switch kills Mouse(PS/2)
Message-ID:  <14742.4283.761040.828017@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <72296459@toto.iv>

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Someone has already mentioned getting an X11 server for the windows
box. Going the other way, you might want to check out vnc
(/usr/ports/net/vnc), which can put a windows desktop on your X11
server, or vice versa.

	<mike

=?big5?B?VGhvbWFzIENoZW4os6+n06n3KQ==?= writes:
> Thanks for ur reply!!
> 
> I've got a rotary switch box, not a real KVM.
> 
> Is there any solution to this problem without a real KVM?
> 
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Scott [mailto:gscott@asimware.com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 11:27 AM
> To: Thomas Chen(=B3=AF=A7=D3=A9=F7)
> 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:
> >=20
> >  kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0080 !=3D 0000)
> >=20
> > then the mouse can not work in FreeBSD,
> >=20
> > 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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