Re: DBUS + kvm breaks X server (was: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.)

2011-11-10 Thread David Brodbeck
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: Are the keyboard and mouse USB devices?  A KVM should not disconnect them on switching, but maybe it does. In my experience, most inexpensive USB KVMs work by disconnecting the keyboard/mouse from one system and

DBUS + kvm breaks X server (was: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.)

2011-11-09 Thread Robert Huff
Since this has been mentioned, I though I'd take the opportunity ... Polytropon writes: You have X without HAL and DBUS? Use xorg.conf because this has worked for many years to centralize X configuration. You have X with HAL and DBUS, but don't want to use it? Reflect this

Re: DBUS + kvm breaks X server (was: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.)

2011-11-09 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 9 Nov 2011, Robert Huff wrote: I have two systems - one Windows, one FreeBSD - that share monitor, keyboard, and mouse via a kvm. FreeBSD had both HAL and DBUS installed and activated in rc.conf. Scenario: I'm working on the FreeBSD system, and switch to the WIndows

Re: DBUS + kvm breaks X server (was: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.)

2011-11-09 Thread Jerry
On Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:02:07 -0500 Robert Huff articulated: Since this has been mentioned, I though I'd take the opportunity ... Polytropon writes: You have X without HAL and DBUS? Use xorg.conf because this has worked for many years to centralize X configuration. You