[SWLUG] advice on kvm switches please

Foeh Mannay foeh.mannay at ntlworld.com
Thu Feb 10 20:59:40 UTC 2005


Yes, I ran into this one (mouse going mad after switch) but I think it
would have been the same for any KVM. As it turned out, changing the
FreeBSD mouse driver to a different variety of wheelmouse sorted it out.

On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 10:52, Gerald Davies wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 07:50:46 +0000, Foeh Mannay
> <foeh.mannay at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > I have a 4 port Belkin one which is a few years old now, but the video
> > didn't degrade at all that I noticed through it, even at 1600x1400+.
> > 
> > Also, the PSU that came with it was never actually required, even when
> > only one or 2 PCs were live on it. Which is quite something considering
> > it was attached to a wireless keyboard & mouse receiver, which also
> > powered off the PS/2!
> > 
> > Foeh
> > 
> 
> I know this sounds obvious... check the compatibility between the KVM
> and the operating systems.  I've had a belkin one for years and there
> was a known problem with switching between freebsd and linux IIRC. 
> Such problems are probably now few and far between, but you never
> know!
> 
> g
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