[SWLUG] advice on kvm switches please

[Gerald Davies]

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