Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 00:01:55 -0400 From: Bigwillie <mvanberk@optonline.net> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Data Switch kills Mouse(PS/2) Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20000811235229.00a87950@mail-hub.optonline.net> In-Reply-To: <E8CAD7DB6D79D311BAE300105A67BC99BFD9D7@asusgs1.asus.com.tw >
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What could be done. I also have a rotary box, and sometimes the keyboard=20 and mouse go out on me. Im just looking for a cheap alternative, who makes= =20 a cheap "real" kvm switch???? At 12:00 AM 8/12/00 , you wrote: >Thanks for ur reply!! > >I've got a rotary switch box, not a real KVM. > >Is there any solution to this problem without a real KVM? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Greg Scott [mailto:gscott@asimware.com] >Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 11:27 AM >To: Thomas Chen(=B3=AF=A7=D3=A9=F7) >Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: Data Switch kills Mouse(PS/2) > > > > 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 !=3D 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-hardware" in the body of the message > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message _________________________________________ Steiny's Studio Pachyderm Productions http://steiny.hypermart.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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