I run my video at 1600x1200 with RH linux, FreeBSD and Windows and have a logitech wireless keybord and logitech wireless marble trackball {has a scroll wheel}. The only problems I have ever had, was the batteries going dead on my trackball and keyboard.
We have had many different KVM's at work. The belkin we are using now works on a variety of servers without any problems. The important thing is to have a KVM that emulates a real keyboard and mouse even when that server is not selected. Some vendors call that feature by different names.
I have found that any KVM we have had that costs less than $35 {CAD} per port did not work well :-(
I would not buy a Cybex. I requested qoutes from those jerks twice and they never responded.
As for headless boxes... [:-(]% [_]
We have machines that don't have mice keyboards or video hooked up, but do have some kind of video card. We don't have X installed but do have the libraries that the X apps require. We run off the apps with ssh forwarding. As a matter of fact, all our servers and R&D machines are in a temperature controled locked room. We monitor the room environment remotely and only go in the room to perform preventative maintenace and repairs.
Have a nice day.
Bill Gradwohl wrote:
I've had several KVM switches to control the 5-8 machines I have at my desk at any point in time. These boxes are a mix of Linux, Windows, and Netware operating systems I use for testing or while configuring them for clients.
None of the KVM's I've tried has been without fault. Some cause mouse problems. Configuring Linux without a wheel mouse helps.
Some lock up periodically. Dis & re connecting the keyboard cable fixes it.
Some won't hold the keyboard repeat rate when switching around. A real
nuisance when you're trying to write code and your cursor crawls at 10CPS.
Some have long delays to get keyboard or mouse control after switching. Some can't handle higher resolution monitors.
etc...etc...etc These have all been PS/2 style KVM's.
Does anyone have a KVM they like? Is anyone using a USB KVM successfully on Linux?
Lately, I've been considering abandoning the KVM route in favor of just
running X sessions thru a ssh tunnel to headless boxes.
Does anyone know of a reliable and inexpensive X client for a W2K environment? W2K is the stumbling block. I need that platform for one telephony application and therefore the W2K box has to be my gateway to the other boxes.
Is anyone running headless boxes and using X/SSH to work on them reliably?
Bill Gradwohl YCC
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