Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:17:51 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: need help with BElkin KVM and USB mouse problems. Message-ID: <20101012181748.GA4173@thought.org>
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Guys, I've been using FreeBSD since 2.0.5, so I _should_ know by now that not everything works with this OS; it's an unbeatable server, and maybe I should leave it at this. HEre is the situation: a friend installed a Belkin [SOHO] KVM switch. I am running Ubuntu on one desktop; FreeBSD on my server. (And FreeBSD on my old desktop.) The USB keyboard works fine everywhere. But my USB mouse fails on the FreeBSD platforms when I try to run X11. I *have* managed to get the mouse working without X [i.e., in console mode]; and yes, the cursor and the buttons work fine. But once I launch X--even simple apps like twm or ctwm, the mouse pointer is dead. I've been messing with /dev/ums0; it fails because it is busy. I just tried the trick of disabling the keyboard and the server failed at first to reboot. I am disabled and have one use of my left hand; thus too much messing with hardware is a bit dicey. Any ideas how I can get X _with_ mouse+keyboard working on my BSD platforms? tia, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.90a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org
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