Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 23:14:04 -0800 From: "Jordan Sissel" <psionic@gmail.com> To: "Rick Olson" <rick@napalmriot.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mouse + KVM Issues [with fix] Message-ID: <5ad23a300703052314n491be435l29e03065fade1325@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45ECFDED.8070009@napalmriot.com> References: <45ECFDED.8070009@napalmriot.com>
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On 3/5/07, Rick Olson <rick@napalmriot.com> wrote: > I'm really not sure which list to post this to, and this is my first > post on any of the official FreeBSD mailing lists, so pardon my > ignorance. This was a tossup between arch & hackers. > > A long time ago, way back in May of 2005, there was a bug/change-request > posted by a Tim H. regarding increasing compatibility of the psm driver > with KVM switches. That post is located at: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2005-May/012848.html > <snip> > > Is there any way that simple change could be implemented into the base, > or are there other issues that would arise by implementing that fix? I > can verify that it works, and I've noticed there are quite a few people > that experienced the same issue. kern/80844 changes probe order. However, probe order is important, and this will break people who have mouseman ps/2 mice and want to use horizontal scrolling. Mouseman protocol supports horizontal scrolling. Intellimouse does not. Maybe a sysctl knob to say "I'm behind a kvm" that always makes it use either generic ps/2 or intellimouse? Most mice support one or both, it seems, along with whatever other proprietary protocol they use. -Jordan
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