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Date:      Fri, 18 Aug 2000 12:49:54 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com>
Cc:        Bigwillie <mvanberk@optonline.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ps2 mouse errors 
Message-ID:  <200008181849.MAA20769@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 18 Aug 2000 09:48:26 %2B0200." <399CEA4A.F28AD270@cequrux.com> 
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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.

Warner


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