From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 05:14:59 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CF1A106566B for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:14:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bmettee@pchotshots.com) Received: from mail.pchotshots.com (mail.pchotshots.com [12.172.123.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 55F268FC0C for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:14:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bmettee@pchotshots.com) Received: (qmail 84958 invoked by uid 89); 20 Jan 2009 04:52:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO dev2.pchotshots.com) (bmettee@12.172.123.228) by mail.pchotshots.com with ESMTPA; 20 Jan 2009 04:52:37 -0000 Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20090119234810.00b18088@mail.pchotshots.com> X-Sender: bmettee@pchotshots.com@mail.pchotshots.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:48:19 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Brad Mettee Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: Re: kvm switch X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:14:59 -0000 We use a Belkin OmniView Pro3, 8 port model. It handles PS/2 and USB and works fine with FreeBSD (and Windows). I've never seen it screw up the mouse or keyboard through hundreds of changes. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817394048 (4 port model) You buy cables as you need them in pairs of PS/2 or USB. One cable supports two computers. At 11:16 PM 1/19/2009, you wrote: >Do you have a kvm switch that does mouse and keyboard emulation and know >that it works with freebsd? > >I have an iogear kvm switch from around the last time I asked this >question here years back, that has usually worked with linux, netbsd, >openbsd, macos and windows. Back then to work with freebsd, each time I >switched away and back I would login remotely and issue a command to get >freebsd to recognize the keyboard again. > >The newer version of my kvm switch says it has mouse and keyboard >emulation, but I can't get a straight answer out of them if that means >the OS can tell that they keyboard has disconnected or not. Do you know? >Or do you know of a KVM switch, that does that and is suitable for an >impoverished person's home computing needs? > >Also, I read someone's comment on newegg that the mouse emulation only >emulates 2 buttons. Do you know if that is true? > >Kendall > > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Brad Mettee PC HotShots, Inc. Baltimore, MD (410) 426-7617 -> Let us bring out the *Power* of your PCs. <- -> Custom Business Software Solutions since 1991 <- visit http://www.pchotshots.com for information about our company.