On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:38:29 +0000 (UTC) BeartoothHOS wrote: > The present situation is just like the one, several releases > back, after installing or updating a release. Each machine had to have a > direct connection, free of the KVM switch, to autoconfigure X. I have to have my KVM switch switched to the machine I am booting, or it won't see the monitor EDID info, and defaults to something annoying like 800x600. I also had to invent the xdbusd program to restore my mouse/keyboard xinput settings after switching back (http://home.comcast.net/~tomhorsley/software/xdbusd/xdbusd.html). This is, however, absolutely the only KVM switch I've ever had which mostly worked. This is an IOGEAR 4 port DVI/USB switch (which I think is really made by ATEN), and it works flawlessly. I have previously had Belkin switches which were absolutely horrible. They wouldn't pass through EDID info, they would screw up the mouse every time you disconnect, etc. There apparently is a wide variety of things KVM switches can screw up (and it seems like such a simple idea :-). I do wish there was a universal way to make X believe it should run at a particular resolution, but it is so convinced it is perfect now that it is near impossible to get it to ignore bad monitor info. Some individual drivers have things like IgnoreEDID options you can set and specify a mode line instead, but it seems to be case by case depending on the driver. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
