From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 12 18:35:48 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5175A1065679 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:35:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 294918FC0A for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:35:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3F2AAE83558; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:17:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:17:51 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List Message-ID: <20101012181748.GA4173@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 24 years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: Subject: need help with BElkin KVM and USB mouse problems. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:35:48 -0000 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