Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 15:46:45 -0500 From: "Jim King" <jim@jimking.net> To: "Christopher Masto" <chris@netmonger.net>, "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> Cc: "Yanek Korff" <yanek@cigital.com>, "'freebsd-stable@freeBSD.org'" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Belkin 8-port KVM = keyboard inactive Message-ID: <00c201c1e71a$2725f710$779a8486@jking> References: <51CC94132526754995E79DCF28C0C34D09B66F@exchange.cigital.com> <20020417194858.A89753@panzer.kdm.org> <20020418203410.GA5227@netmonger.net>
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"Christopher Masto" <chris@netmonger.net> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 07:48:58PM -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > > I don't know if this has anything to do with your problem, but some of the > > Belkin Omniview 8 port KVM switches were manufactured with two EEPROMs > > swapped. See John Polstra's description of the message on -hackers: > > No, he had it right; it's the atkbd flags. It's a pain in the ass. > I'm completely ignorant in this area, but obviously there is a > difference between "no keyboard" and "KVM switched to different port". > The BIOS, for example, complains about the former but not the latter. > I'd guess FreeBSD is requiring more of the keyboard than whatever > the cheap KVM "trick" keyboard is providing. > > I wonder if FreeBSD's probe could be made less demanding so that it > doesn't kill the keyboard driver in the KVM case. That would > hopefully satisfy both the USB keyboard situation and those of us > using these KVM switches. Is the problem in the FreeBSD probe or this particular KVM switch? I don't recall having this problem with my Belkin Omnicube. Is anybody having problems with other KVM switches besides the Omniview 8-port? Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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