Re: KVM switch vs. FreeBSD psm driver

2001-01-06 Thread jack
Today John Polstra wrote: > The KVM switch claims to have "Microsoft Intellimouse support and > emulation." However, in the troubleshooting section of its manual it > says you should make sure your driver is "either for a Standard PS/2 > or Microsoft-compatible PS/2" mouse." I have a Brand X KV

Re: KVM switch vs. FreeBSD psm driver

2001-01-06 Thread John Polstra
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a Brand X KVM which also claims Intellimouse support. > I've found that if the switch is set to a machine when that > machine boots all is well, if I boot a machine with a different > one active on the KVM when I go to

RE: KVM switch vs. FreeBSD psm driver

2001-01-06 Thread SteveB
D] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: KVM switch vs. FreeBSD psm driver > > > In article > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have a Brand X KVM which also claims Intellimouse support. > > I've found that if the

Re: KVM switch vs. FreeBSD psm driver

2001-01-06 Thread Wes Peters
John Polstra wrote: > > I realize this is a well-known problem. Although there's much > discussion about it in the mailing list archives, I couldn't find an > actual solution. > > I've got a Belkin OmniView Pro 8-Port KVM switch which thinks it's > much smarter than it really is. When I try to

Re: KVM switch vs. FreeBSD psm driver

2001-01-07 Thread Justin T. Gibbs
>I've got a Belkin OmniView Pro 8-Port KVM switch which thinks it's >much smarter than it really is. I've had so many problems with this product that I dumped it for an Apex Outlook. I couldn't be happier. Since I donated the Belkin to another group, I've heard that they were able to send it in

Re: KVM switch vs. FreeBSD psm driver (Solved!)

2001-01-06 Thread John Polstra
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Polstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got a Belkin OmniView Pro 8-Port KVM switch which thinks it's > much smarter than it really is. When I try to use the mouse through > it with FreeBSD (-current from around Christmas, but I also had > problems with

Re: KVM switch vs. FreeBSD psm driver (Solved!)

2001-01-06 Thread Robert Watson
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, John Polstra wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > John Polstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've got a Belkin OmniView Pro 8-Port KVM switch which thinks it's > > much smarter than it really is. When I try to use the mouse through > > it with FreeBSD (-current

Re: KVM switch vs. FreeBSD psm driver (Solved!)

2001-01-06 Thread Dan Langille
On 6 Jan 2001, at 22:10, Robert Watson wrote: > Do you know if this fixes the problem the following problem that I started > experiencing somewhere in the RELENG_4 line? For some machines, if the > KVM is not pointed at the box, the keyboard will not probe properly, and > does not respond for th

Re: KVM switch vs. FreeBSD psm driver (Solved!)

2001-01-06 Thread Wes Peters
John Polstra wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > John Polstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've got a Belkin OmniView Pro 8-Port KVM switch which thinks it's > > much smarter than it really is. When I try to use the mouse through > > it with FreeBSD (-current from around Christma

Re: KVM switch vs. FreeBSD psm driver (Solved!)

2001-01-07 Thread Kazutaka YOKOTA
>Do you know if this fixes the problem the following problem that I started >experiencing somewhere in the RELENG_4 line? For some machines, if the >KVM is not pointed at the box, the keyboard will not probe properly, and >does not respond for that session. As long as I boot with the KVM pointe

Re: KVM switch vs. FreeBSD psm driver (Solved!)

2001-01-07 Thread Robert Watson
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > I guess your KVM switch won't let the kernel talk to the keyboard, if > the switch wasn't pointed to the FreeBSD box. > > Remove the flags 0x1 from atkbd in your kernel config file. This flag > makes atkbd fail, if it doesn't detect a keyboard. Wi

Re: KVM switch vs. FreeBSD psm driver (Solved!)

2001-01-07 Thread Kazutaka YOKOTA
>So, question: is there a reason why we can't enable both the USB keyboard >and a native PS/2 keyboard with syscons? It seems that I frequently find >myself in a position where I'd like to plug in a keyboard, or switch KVM >choices to a machine, and discover myself with no access to the hardware

Re: KVM switch vs. FreeBSD psm driver (Solved!)

2001-01-10 Thread Brian Dean
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 11:20:43PM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > John Polstra wrote: > > > > I'm happy to report that this problem is solved now. After one fellow > > wrote to me and reported that his switch of the same model worked OK, > > I hunted around on the Belkin web site. It turns out tha

Re: KVM switch vs. FreeBSD psm driver (Solved!)

2001-01-10 Thread Doug Barton
John Polstra wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > John Polstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've got a Belkin OmniView Pro 8-Port KVM switch which thinks it's > > much smarter than it really is. When I try to use the mouse through > > it with FreeBSD (-current from around Christma