Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:50:37 -0800 From: "oldfart@gtonet" <oldfart@gtonet.net> To: "FreeBSD-STABLE" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: PS/2 mouse problem solved Message-ID: <BIEHKEFNHFMMJEKCDMLNCEDCCFAA.oldfart@gtonet.net> In-Reply-To: <20010221154724.A592@buchanan-181-249.stures.iastate>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Krzysztof > Parzyszek > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 1:47 PM > To: Matt Heckaman > Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE > Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse problem solved > > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 04:33:19PM -0500, Matt Heckaman wrote: > > > > I'm curious, what kind of KVM do you have? > > StarView SV201 > > > > I have a Belkin Omniview SE here, and I have a little problem > with it. If > > I unplug the main PS/2 cable (attached to mouse) then plug it back in, I > > lose the mouse in FreeBSD, however, if I cycle the banks on the > KVM I get > > a mouse back, but it is eratic and out of control (even if I > kick out of X > > and use moused on the console). > > Plugging and unplugging a PS/2 device when the computers are on scares me. > I heard it can fry the motherboard. I don't touch the cables after turning > everything on. > I don't have any problems after switching banks on the KVM back and forth. I hot swap ps2 devices all the time and have NEVER had any ill effect other than the mouse/kb not working, requiring a reboot sometimes. Often(YMMV), hot plugging them unfreezes a mouse or kb, in my experiance. While it might not be the BEST thing to do, it has NEVER hurt anything *I've* done it on. > > > > A reboot is required to fix it. Has anyone else seen this? There are no > > errors logged on the console when this happens :( I've seen it on Omniview pro's before. OF > > I guess I have seen someone mention it either on this mailing list > or on -questions some time ago. > > > -- > ,oOo.Bc -=EE Krzysztof Parzyszek <hektor@iname.com> 11/29/2000 3:41pm > -'7' `L' ---Entropy isn't what it used to be... > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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