[dba-Tech] KVMs (was Calculator)

Well here is the deal... it IS the KVM switch... I suppose some do not
carry the signal correctly over or something... ?

My Link X cel KVM switch at home is nice between my Knoppix PC and my
Windows 2k pc.  No problems.. all mouse options are recognized (scroll
wheel etc) Mouse is an optical Trackball.  When connecting to RedHat 7
(iirc) I would loose the scroll wheel whenever I would switch away.  I
switched to mandrake, and it was fine, Knoppix, fine...  Window 2k and
Win2k and it's fine, WinXP, WinME and even a Win98 box and all KVM
switch correctly w/ my switch.. Redhat didn't like getting KVM
switched out, however Fedora 1 was fine w/ it as is Knoppix and
Mandrake (haven't tried suse yet).

now at work....
2 Windows 2k Pro boxes would loose the scroll wheel function when the
Belkin KVM switch would switch between the 2 pc's... i got a test
win2k server / sql server / reporting services box  for development
and upgraded to a linksys 4port kvm switch... nothing else changed and
now the I don't loose the scroll wheel. :D

that's why I was asking about your brand, cuz I guess it varies by the
brand... I want to upgrade to a 4 port kvm switch at home and what you
mention sounds cool (the iogear ultra)





On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 09:48:14 -0500, John Bartow <john at winhaven.net> wrote:
> I actually have two - my PS2 model is use an Edimax Genie 4 port and my new
> USB model is a IOGear Extreme 4 port. USB peripherals and sound systems can
> be shared with that one too.
> 
> I've used other PS2 brands in the past at various jobs and they all seemed
> to work as advertised. I've used them with pin converters on the PCs and
> various OSs but never Suse.
> 
> I don't know why it wouldn't work because the KVM sends the appropriate
> signals to all powered on machines irregardless if you're actually using
> that machine or not so that the OS thinks the equipment is there. I suppose
> it could be an issue though. Every now and then when I hot key over to a PC
> (via the PS2 model) the mouse doesn't work. I just hot key back and forth
> again and it works. I've thought that maybe I just didn't hot key quite
> right (as I get a bit lazy on how hard I press the keys and sometimes it
> doesn't even switch) Maybe my keyboard is just getting worn out there! I
> probably need to change my hot key sequence to a function key or something.
> Right now its Ctrl-Ctrl followed by the number or the KVM port. I could just
> change it to F12 and make it easier on my tendons...
> 


-- 
-Francisco