Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 10:51:53 -0700 From: "Foster, ThomasX" <thomasx.foster@intel.com> To: "Ron" <ron@icrsystems.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: KVM Switches Message-ID: <C96CF509350DEC44895435C5BC929B840EC0F4@orsmsx405.jf.intel.com>
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Does your mouse exhibit the behavior of spitting out sync errors from the console and sticking in the upper corner of your monitor? I had this exact problem with an Intellimouse Optical and an Apex Outlook KVM. There seems to be an issue with most KVMs not passing the protocol correctly when being switched, and psm has issues resyncing. I finally resolved the issue by adding the following flags to my device hints file for my specific kernel: hint.psm.0.flags=3D"0x100" I then enabled device hints in my kernel conf: hints "mycustomkernel.hints" I recompiled my kernel and have had no problems since. My mouse now works great between my FreeBSD server and my Linux Workstation on the Apex KVM. Hope this helps. Thomas Foster http://www.section6.net -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Brent Macnaughton Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 8:42 AM To: 'Ron'; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: KVM Switches I am willing to wager that it is the KVM switch itself that is the problem. I have had a few problems KVM switches before. 1) We have a Compaq Proliant 1600. On certain KVMs, the keyboard world drop keystrokes. It was impossible to use. I switched the KVM out with a cheap 2 port Hawking unit and it worked fine.=20 2) We have a Compaq KVM (a very expensive rack-mountable server class unit). It works great, or so we thought. The other day, we swapped out a two button mouse with a wheel-mouse. Guess what? Doesn't work at all. The mouse is fine, it just won't work through the expensive Compaq KVM.=20 Are you using Compaq hardware at all? Maybe that is your problem :) Another thing to mention... When you are booting your FreeBSD box, make sure you are switched to that box and watch it boot. If you are switched to another computer when the mouse daemon loads, I have found that the mouse won't function at all. Brent. -----Original Message----- From: Ron [mailto:ron@icrsystems.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 5:20 PM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: KVM Switches Need information on how to get a KVM switch to work with the FreeBSD mouse driver. The Monitor and keyboard work fine but I have to hook a mouse directly to the box for it to work. Thanks, Ron Martin _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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