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. > > > - -- > 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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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