From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Aug 18 11:56: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from cgi.sstar.com (cgi.sstar.com [209.205.176.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBE9B37B422 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 2000 11:56:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jking (jking.lgc.com [134.132.75.164]) by cgi.sstar.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA80049; Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:55:35 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jim@jimking.net) Message-ID: <00ca01c00945$e4d658e0$a44b8486@jking> From: "Jim King" To: "Graham Wheeler" , "Warner Losh" Cc: "Bigwillie" , References: <399CEA4A.F28AD270@cequrux.com> <399C0C26.EEA0EE8F@cequrux.com> <20000817001624.A22518@jupiter.limit.org> <14748.115.748006.95674@onceler.kciLink.com> <20000817114143.H71098@stat.Duke.EDU> <399C0C26.EEA0EE8F@cequrux.com> <4.2.0.58.20000817142003.009d2660@mail-hub.optonline.net> <200008181849.MAA20769@harmony.village.org> Subject: Re: ps2 mouse errors Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:55:04 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Warner Losh wrote: > In message <399CEA4A.F28AD270@cequrux.com> Graham Wheeler writes: > : Bigwillie wrote: > : > If anyone tracks the Hardware list, this error pops up when certain people > : > (like myself) who has a kvm "rotary" switch box. > : > : Actually that is a separate problem (or rather, there are two separate > : problems, one to do with the switch boxen causing sync errors - which is > : understandable, as switching the box could cause lost or damaged signals > : - and another to do with what seems to be a bug in the driver causing > : sync errors). > > Rotary KVM switches are a bad idea for mice. They have a higher > tendancy to blow out mice ports (and to a lesser extent keyboard > ports) due to the high level of noise in the switch. > > You really need a good KVM switch to be able to do this. These tend > to be expensive for good quality video when you need to run X on > multiple heads. They are well worth it, but you have to be careful > and picky about the mice you use, etc. I found the Belkin Omnicube to be pretty good. I think the 4-port box sans cables is only about $100, and it's rated for pretty high resolutions and refresh rates. High quality video cables to use with the box add another $100 or $200. Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message