[ale] KVM switch?

H. A. Story adrin at bellsouth.net
Sat May 27 20:38:43 EDT 2006


Couldn't you do that with remote sessions like RDP / VNC.    This 
assumes you are not making network changes or need console access.

Adrin


roberth1954 at aim.com wrote:

>While we're on the subject of KVM switches... does anyone make a PCI 
>expansion board, and accompanying software, that will turn my Linux 
>computer into a KVM switch? In other words, connect the KVM cables from 
>all my other computers directly to my KVM computer that will have a 
>very large screen so I can work on multiple computers simultaneously.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Hubbs <hbbs at comcast.net>
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Sat, 27 May 2006 13:16:27 -0400
> Subject: Re: [ale] KVM switch?
>
> But could non-selected machines boot up OK?
>
> Courtney Thomas wrote:
>
>  >I also use Belkin [6 port OmniView] and have no problems whatsoever 
>with
> >half a dozen OSes of various flavors and it was cheap.
> >
> >HTH,
> >Courtney
> >
> >Christopher Fowler wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 18:33 -0400, roberth1954 at aim.com wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I have a Belkin "OmniCube" and have a problem with mouse sync
> >>>too... As it turned out, the problem was NOT Linux but was actually
>  >>>Gnome. I tried it with at least 5 different distro's and the ones 
>that
> >>>use Gnome (Ubuntu, Fedora) have a problem (it started with Gnome
> >>>v2) but, the ones with KDE (Kubuntu, Suse) are fine. I would set the
>  >>>KVM switch on my Gnome box and as long as I didn't change the port 
>it
>  >>>would work great all day. However, if I ever changed to another 
>box, I
> >>>would literally have to power boot the Gnome box to make it work
> >>>again. (ctl+alt+bs did not work)
> >>>
> >>>
>  >>I was thinking my PC was screwy. My problem is even more weird. I 
>have
> >>a Belkin 2 port. This happens when I switch ports. Even rebooting the
>  >>Linux box does not help. This switch gets its power from the PS/2 
>ports
> >>to to get my mouse back in sync I have to power off the switch by
>  >>turning everything off and unplugging power to everything. This in 
>turn
>  >>"restarts" the KVM. It then works fine until I switch again. I now 
>use
>  >>a USB mouse and manually switch that mouse as needed. I've given up 
>on
> >>getting the KVM to work and based on the comments here it maybe a
> >>problem that is not solved by using another KVM.
> >>
> >>
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