From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 15 13:40:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AAF537B400 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:40:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from catflap.home.slightlystrange.org (host217-39-95-108.in-addr.btopenworld.com [217.39.95.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CBF343E42 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:40:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from danielby@home.slightlystrange.org) Received: from danielby by catflap.home.slightlystrange.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 17UCdn-0000wJ-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 21:40:19 +0100 Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 21:40:19 +0100 From: Daniel Bye To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: When is FreeBSD going to work properly with KVM switches? Message-ID: <20020715204019.GA3585@catflap.home.slightlystrange.or> Reply-To: dan@slightlystrange.org Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020715201127.34732.qmail@web13602.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020715201127.34732.qmail@web13602.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 01:11:27PM -0700, Roberto Armenteros wrote: > I have three pcs "FreeBSD 4.5, linux and windows" and > I use a KVM switch to control them. FreeBSD is the > only one that needs a mouse and keyboard all for > itself. "When I tried to use the kvm switch fully with > FreeBSD, I had to end up restarting the system 'cause > my mouse would just go crazy." Has anybody had a > better luck with this kind of setup? If yes, please > give a little hand "as well as the brand and model of > the kvm switch used - I use belkin cube F1D094. I dont > know if upgrading to the 4.6 branch is going to solve > this problem. > > I would appreciate any help... Roberto... I use a SmartView SV2 KVM switch, and don't have any real trouble with it. Occasionally, mouse and/or keyboard go a little odd, but I find that switching between machines again clears it. I know that with the SmartView, there is a key sequence you can send to it to force it to rescan the attached mouse, so there may be some similar feature on yours? I have been using this kind of switch for getting on three years, with the same set of OSes you mention, but without the hassles... Dan -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message