[Gllug] KVM + Linux

Xander D Harkness xander at harkness.co.uk
Tue Dec 18 15:34:29 UTC 2001


On Tue, 2001-12-18 at 10:07, kim at aldigital.co.uk wrote:

> > I use a Belkin Omni Cube 4 port KVM switch.  It's OK, occaisional glitches
> > but mostly on the WinNT box (the mouse goes screwy)
> 
> i use one of these on my desktop, and its good, and i have found
> only one gotcha...
> 
> if you have one machine with out a mouse on it, ie no cable from the
> server to the KVM switch, the switch hangs... its a bugger on older 1U
> rack boxen that have no mouse port ...
> 
> but there is a ps/2 laptop mouse/keyboard dual port thingy that
> works like a baught one! =)
I have a belkin kvm switch and I deliberately miss off the mouse from
one of the machines (my workstation) as the KVM does not work with
scroll mice.

I have not had it hang yet - It might be a glitch in yours :-)

Cheers
Xander
> 
> yours,
> 
> kim
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