[Gllug] Belkin KVM not working with usb mouse and keyboard ports

[Shannon Carver]

Hi John,

I might be reading this wrong, but how is your KVM connected to the PC if it
doesn't have PS2 ports?

I would say the best course of action would be to get a newer USB model
(which would probably have better support for newer/high res video
cards/monitors as well).  The only reason I say that is I'd had some
cheapies in the past and the worst thing was flickering and low resolution,
though I've not had that issue in a long while.

I've used several in the past, from cheaper model Belkin's and IOGear up to
some higher model APC (Aussie company, maybe?) and ATens

Hope this helps, at least a little.

Cheers

Shannon


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2009/7/18 John G Walker <johngeoffreywalker at yahoo.co.uk>

> I'm trying to set up a new Dell machine with openSUSE 11.1 and KDE 4.
> For the rest of my PCs I use a Belkin kvm that connects the mouse and
> keyboard into PS/2 ports and it works. However, the new Dell doesn't
> have PS/2 ports and I can't get the machine to detect the mouse and
> keyboard (at all) unless I plug them in directly.
>
> I'm using a Belkin four-port kvm, model number F1DJ104P. Does anyone
> know of a driver I could download to my Dell PC that would detect the
> devices via the kvm? The Belkin web site seems to be  in pieces and is
> absolutely no use.
>
> Alternatively, since I'm not particularly attached to the kvm, can
> anyone suggest a kvm switch that I could buy instead? It would have to
> have a minimum of four ports and be able to handle both Windows and
> Linux (all flavours with both OSs) machines, with both usb and PS/2
> ports for mouse and keyboard. If it could handle audio, then that would
> be an improvement on what I've got already.
>
> This isn't too obscure a set-up, is it?
>
> Incidentally, you may notice this query elsewhere, since I've posted
> it on a couple of forums as well,
>
> --
>  All the best,
>  John
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