On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 09:09:12AM -0600, Ian wrote:
> On 06/09/02 01:29, Gary D Kline wrote:
>
> >
> > Having sweated thru 2+ days withmy switch, I believe ever word!
> > But:: how old is your KVM switch? If it has a PS/2 port only,
> > you should try
> >
> > Protocol "Auto"
> >
> > in the mouse section of your XF86Config. at was what 3
> > other users suggested and what FINALLY got my Logitech working.
> > BTW, my switch is a "Belkin" ... cheap and generic.
> >
> > gary
>
> Odd that you should call Belkin "cheap and generic". When people ask me for
> a KVM recommendation I always say "stay away from that cheap generic crap,
> buy Belkin if you want to avoid fuzzy video at high rez."
>
> I had trouble with my mouse and a Belkin KVM and FreeBSD that was fixed by
> adding "flags 0x0200" to the psm0 device in the kernel config. I suspect
> that's a different problem than you were having, though. (My problem was
> erratic mouse movement after switching away/back to freebsd, and I think is
> due to my Belkin KVM having really old firmware in it (1996 vintage)).
>
We all have different realities as far as hardware (esp'ly) goes;
they depend upon our perceptions and memories! of how hard something
was to configure, to get working, to tune, &c.
I've found most "cheap and generic" hardware to be a plus; so didn't
intend that as a put-down. My hub and most NIC's are Linksys,
which is another cheap/generic. The way I see it, these generic
mfg's have to constantly make their stuff better or they'll be out on
the street.
That said, I'm still trying to see if I can make the Belkin 3-button
"Classic" work in 3-button mode, PS/2 protocol. ...I think I
cheap'd out on this one!
Anybody who has the Belkin F8E201NW working with /dev/psm0 has
magic fingers; I'd like to get my ten bucks worth... .
gary
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