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Date:      Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:07:41 +0200
From:      Ruben de Groot <fbsd-q@bzerk.org>
To:        Eric Olsen <ericg@chartertn.net>
Cc:        Roberto Armenteros <rarmente@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: When is FreeBSD going to work properly with KVM switches?
Message-ID:  <20020716100741.A39217@ei.bzerk.org>
In-Reply-To: <200207152335.g6FNZwj83570@kpt-c-24-159-35-85.chartertn.net>; from ericg@chartertn.net on Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 07:33:31PM -0400
References:  <200207152335.g6FNZwj83570@kpt-c-24-159-35-85.chartertn.net>

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On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 07:33:31PM -0400, Eric Olsen typed:
[...]
> I have not had any problems switching between machines, EXCEPT that 
> when a machine is booting up, the KVM must be set to that machine in 
> order for recognition of the mouse and kbd to work properly.  I find 
> this to be true for Win, FBSD, and Linux.  Once the machine has booted, 
> I can switch away and back with no problems.  I believe I was running 
> FBSD 4.3 when I first installed the KVM.

This is a kernel configuration issue. Edit the line

device          atkbd0  at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1

in your kernel configuration file, removing the "flags 0x1" part. Recompile 
your kernel and reboot. The machine will now recognize your keyboard even 
when it was switched away at boot time. 


> 
> Good Luck
> 
> Eric
> 
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