From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 16 19:15:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta0x15.coxmail.com (cm-fe1.coxmail.com [206.157.225.48]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5058537B41A for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 19:15:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from boole.cornpropst.net ([209.249.161.105]) by mta0x15.coxmail.com (InterMail vK.4.03.04.01 201-232-130-101 license c271d808eeaddc9d652e7c0b1383e8cc) with ESMTP id <20011217031547.CRYS848.mta0x15@boole.cornpropst.net> for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 22:15:47 -0500 Received: (from tsc@localhost) by boole.cornpropst.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBH3FgM50065; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 22:15:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from tsc) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 22:15:42 -0500 From: "Trevor S. Cornpropst" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X Windows and KVM Switch Message-Id: <20011216221542.782593b7.tcornpropst@novacoxmail.com> In-Reply-To: <000401c1864b$8fec9400$077d87af@icrsystems.net> References: <000401c1864b$8fec9400$077d87af@icrsystems.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.6.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386--freebsd4.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 16 Dec 2001 10:06:02 -0600 "Ron Martin" wrote: > I am running BSD 4.4 and trying to get a mouse to work with my KVM switch. > > Can't find any info on this. > > Mouse works OK without the switch but need the switch for normal ops. > > Thanks, > > Ron > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Ron, I had similar problems running through a Linksys KVM switch until I started using moused with the following settings in /etc/rc.conf moused_enable="YES" moused_type="ps/2" moused_port="/dev/psm0" moused_flags="-r high -z 4" The documentation for moused states you should choose "auto" for the type but, this did not work for me because FreeBSD has problems detecting the ps2 port on my Tyan motherboard. This appears to be a problem with Tyan's hardware implementation. I am running the same KVM switch at work with a Dell Port Replicator and a Dell Precision workstation with no problems (no mouse daemon either). There is also some information in the FAQ and the man pages for moused and psm0. HTH, Trevor Cornpropst To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message