From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 20 16:46: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from pike.osd.bsdi.com (pike.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.28.222]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C9F637B479 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:45:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (john@jhb-laptop.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.28.241]) by pike.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.0/8.9.3) with ESMTP id eAL0hZe92108; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:43:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20001121002924.13031.qmail@camelot.bitart.com> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:43:35 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin To: Gerd Knops Subject: Re: 4.2 Showstopper? Belkin KVM switch problems with FreeBSD 4.2 Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, Francisco Reyes Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 21-Nov-00 Gerd Knops wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: >> On 20-Nov-00 Gerd Knops wrote: >> > Hi Gang, >> > >> > Since I updated from 4.1 to 4.2RC1, my Belkin OmnieView Pro >> > (F1D108-OSD) is not working properly anymore. The symptoms: If the >> > system is rebooted while selected on the KVM switch, everything is >> > fine. If the system is rebooted while another system is selected, >> > the keyboard is not found: >> > >> > System selected: >> > atkbdc0: at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 >> > atkbd0: flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0 >> > kbd0 at atkbd0 >> > >> > Other system selected: >> > atkbdc0: at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 >> > >> > In an EMail to questions someone reported a similar problem. >> > >> > As I assume quite a number of people use Belkin KVMs, this is a >> > serious problem. It could be argued that it is Belkin's problem, >> > but considering the large base of installed KVMs I think FreeBSD >> > should try to be KVM friendly. >> >> Compile a custom kernel and take 'flags 0x1' (detection of keyboards) >> out of the atkbd0 line. It is a weird problem with your KVM. My >> 4-port KVM (Belkin OmniCube) has no problems finding the keyboards on >> my 4 testboxes (2 stable and 2 current). Granted, this switch is >> using PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports. Perhaps it is something finicky >> with AT keyboards? Regardless, removing the 'flags 0x1' will fix your >> problem. The flag is needed so that people with USB keyboards have >> their keyboards recognized as the primary keyboard by the console >> driver on boot. >> > Thanks, that solved it! Might warrant a note in /usr/src/UPDATING. It has been in both stable and current since halfway between 4.0 and 4.1. :) > Gerd -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message