From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 6 22:13: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from homer.softweyr.com (bsdconspiracy.net [208.187.122.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF21237B400 for ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 22:12:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=softweyr.com ident=Fools trust ident!) by homer.softweyr.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14F9AK-0000Mk-00; Sat, 06 Jan 2001 23:18:52 -0700 Message-ID: <3A580A4C.3756593C@softweyr.com> Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 23:18:52 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Polstra Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KVM switch vs. FreeBSD psm driver References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG John Polstra wrote: > > I realize this is a well-known problem. Although there's much > discussion about it in the mailing list archives, I couldn't find an > actual solution. > > I've got a Belkin OmniView Pro 8-Port KVM switch which thinks it's > much smarter than it really is. When I try to use the mouse through > it with FreeBSD (-current from around Christmas, but I also had > problems with -stable) it doesn't work right at all. It's got the > same symptoms everybody else has reported: the cursor jumps around, > and lots of "psmintr: out of sync" messages get logged. I have a Belkin OmniCube 4-Port KVM I use with FreeBSD-notso-current from prior to SMPng and FreeBSD-STABLE, it works fine with my Logitech MouseMan M37. We have a bunch of these OmniCubes at work, and they have fits with some cheap mice, but rarely fail with Logitech or Microsoft (ick!) mice. My brother informs be Belkin KVM switches drive his Linux machines into fits, and to use the other really big brand of KVM switches that isn't coming to mind right now. YMMV. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message