On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 13:40, Mike A. Harris wrote: > On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Brian York wrote: > > >Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 16:18:41 -0500 > >From: Brian York <YORKB@exchange.nku.edu> > >To: "RedHat Psyce list (psyche-list@redhat.com)" <psyche-list@redhat.com> > >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > > boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C28447.BFE3B170" > >List-Id: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Psyche) <psyche-list.redhat.com> > >Subject: issues with KVM switches > > > >Has anyone had any problems with redhat 8 and KVM switches? When I am > >working on another computer the switch back to rh8 box the keyboard doesn't > >respond. Has anyone else had this problem? > KVM switches can cause all sorts of problems. They can corrupt > the monitors DDC signal, preventing monitor plug and play, they > can change the protocol your mouse uses, and they can corrupt > both the mouse and the keyboard signal. Also, some of them turn > wheel mice into non-wheel mice. > > Some KVM switches get things right, and actually work, and work > well. Others do not get things right, and totally screw things > up. As such, using a KVM is unsupported. If it works, great, > but if it does not, and the problem you encounter can not be > reproduced by connecting the K, V, and M directly to the > computer, then it is considered a KVM hardware bug, and is > unsupported. > > I have an ABL KVM (now owned by APC), and it works well, even > with wheel mice. > > My Belkin OmniView has worked very well, with no problems with mouse/keyboard or monitor detection. But I recently threw a Radeon AIW 7500 in, and the image is ghosting very severely. I'm guessing it may be power related, since I misplaced the power adapter quite a while ago, and it's been operating off the PS/2 connectors. I think the 7500 may need a bit more of a signal boost, though. > -- > Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris > OS Systems Engineer > XFree86 maintainer > Red Hat Inc. -- Michael Knepher <limbo@bluethingy.com> -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
