From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 18 8:32:15 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 08:32:12 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from Samizdat.uucom.com (samizdat.uucom.com [198.202.217.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB8A537B400 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 08:32:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (from cshenton@localhost) by Samizdat.uucom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA25115; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:32:04 -0500 (EST) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 4.2: PS2 mouse disappears when switched through KVM switch-box From: Chris Shenton Date: 18 Dec 2000 11:32:04 -0500 In-Reply-To: David Greenman's message of "Mon, 11 Dec 2000 11:08:57 -0800" Message-ID: Lines: 22 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm trying to run kbd, mouse, video through a switchbox -- unfortunately a lowly mechanical switchbox instead of a digital one like a Belkin. When I switch between FreeBSD-4.2-STABLE/RELEASE the mouse becomes inoperative. The "moused" man page indicates that you can get it back by sending it a HUP, and this works -- assuming your dead mouse is in a window you can type in :-( This switch-box behavior is the same as just unplug and reconnect the PS2 mouse. Is it possible to have FreeBSD automatically recognize a newly (re)conencted mouse? Never had this problem with old serial mice. It's almost as bad as unplugging the keyboard or serial console from a Sun :-( I'd prefer not to spend big bucks on a digital KVM, but if I do, would it solve this problem? A search of Questions/Hackers indicates there are some current problems with digital KVMs and FreeBSD that do not occur with other inferior OSes... Thanks. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message