Re: When is FreeBSD going to work properly with KVM switches?

2002-07-18 Thread Bob Hall
On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 04:37:34PM -0700, Michael Wells wrote: I also have the problem that the KVM must be set to the machine being booted in order for the mouse and keyboard to work properly. This is a know problem and there was discussion on it. The problem seems to have

Re: When is FreeBSD going to work properly with KVM switches?

2002-07-17 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2002-07-16T08:00:54Z, RichardH [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It will all work properly if you quit using belkin KVM's, they are too expensive. ...or try using the more expensive Belkin KVMs. I have a Belkin F1DS104T USB KVM. It remaps USB and PS/2 keyboards to either USB or PS/2 outputs

Re: When is FreeBSD going to work properly with KVM switches?

2002-07-17 Thread Chad Albert
Yes, I also am a victim of the cheap KVM blues ;-) I have had this symptom on FreeBSD, NetBSD, Win2k, and NT4 with a PowerReach 6 port KVM Controller. On the bright side the KVM is a very pretty shade of purple 8-) - Original Message - From: Kirk Strauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: When is FreeBSD going to work properly with KVM switches?

2002-07-16 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 07:33:31PM -0400, Eric Olsen typed: [...] I have not had any problems switching between machines, EXCEPT that when a machine is booting up, the KVM must be set to that machine in order for recognition of the mouse and kbd to work properly. I find this to be true

Re: When is FreeBSD going to work properly with KVM switches?

2002-07-16 Thread Tom Limoncelli
Ruben de Groot wrote: On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 07:33:31PM -0400, Eric Olsen typed: [...] I have not had any problems switching between machines, EXCEPT that when a machine is booting up, the KVM must be set to that machine in order for recognition of the mouse and kbd to work properly. I

Re: When is FreeBSD going to work properly with KVM switches?

2002-07-15 Thread Matt Snow
Did you try unplugging the mouse then pluggin it back in when it goes crazy? This works on my Linux/win2K/NT4 setup at work when it happens. * * * * * * * * Matt Snow (@) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (w) http://slakin.net. On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Roberto Armenteros wrote: I have three pcs FreeBSD 4.5,

Re: When is FreeBSD going to work properly with KVM switches?

2002-07-15 Thread Daniel Bye
On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 01:11:27PM -0700, Roberto Armenteros wrote: I have three pcs FreeBSD 4.5, linux and windows and I use a KVM switch to control them. FreeBSD is the only one that needs a mouse and keyboard all for itself. When I tried to use the kvm switch fully with FreeBSD, I had to