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Date:      16 Jul 2002 18:07:12 -0700
From:      Steve Wingate <steve@velosystems.net>
To:        paleph@pacbell.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: When is FreeBSD going to work properly with KVM switches?
Message-ID:  <1026868032.291.1.camel@daemon.velosystems.net>
In-Reply-To: <200207161733.g6GHXW902103@pacbell.net>
References:  <200207161733.g6GHXW902103@pacbell.net>

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On Tue, 2002-07-16 at 10:33, paleph@pacbell.net wrote:
> 
> I also have the problem that the KVM must be set to the machine being booted
> in order for the mouse and keyboard to work properly. This is a know problem
> and there was discussion on it. The problem seems to have appeared with 4.2.
> I saw a fix in the freebsd-stable archives:
> 
>    Message: 4695118,
>    FROM: John Baldwin, 
>    DATE: 11/20/2000 16:43:35
>    SUBJECT: RE:  4.2 Showstopper? Belkin KVM switch problems with FreeBSD 4.2
> 
> Basically the proposed solution was to remove the `flags 0x1' from the
> atkbd0 device line in the i386/conf/file
> 
> This fixed the problem I was having with the Omni Cube 4-Port. I have
> not checked if this problem still occurs with 4.6.
> 

Actually, if one searches through the archives you'll find the mouse/kvm
issue dates back to the 3.x days. Apparently it isn't a high priority so
I wouldn't hold my breath for an always working fix.




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