From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 11 20:29:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from guy.asimware.com (guy.asimware.com [199.185.255.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73C5037B5BA; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 20:29:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gscott@asimware.com) Received: from localhost (gscott@localhost) by guy.asimware.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA65171; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 23:26:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gscott@asimware.com) Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 23:26:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Greg Scott To: =?big5?B?VGhvbWFzIENoZW4os6+n06n3KQ==?= Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Data Switch kills Mouse(PS/2) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I've got a data switch to connect all my three PCs' Monitor, Mouse, Keyboard > together, so that I can use one Mouse(PS/2), Keyboard(PS/2) to control all > of them. > When I switch one to another, Everything's OK in win98 PC, but something > wrong in my FreeBSD(4.0r). The following message appear: > > kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0080 != 0000) > > then the mouse can not work in FreeBSD, > > why?? Did you get a real KVM or just some rotary switch box? If a switchbox, then yes, you will have problems since they do not maintain the CLK/DATA lines to the computer they are connected to, so when you do switch back to them, they will more than likelty be out of sync. This is what a proper KVM is for. It maintains those signals to the computers so you do not lose sync. -- Greg Scott | Asimware Innovations Inc. Network Administrator | 600 Upper Wellington St, Unit #D Website Co-Ordinator | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L9A 3P9 greg.scott@asimware.com | Phone: (905)575-1042 | Fax: (905)575-0095 | WWW: http://www.asimware.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message