[ale] KVM switches

[Adrin]

My $0.02

I have used a belkin 2 port switch up until recently. It had a switch and hotkeys.  The
Problem I had with it were the following:

1: *NIX didn't like you using scroll lock as the hot key.
2: W2K and XP didn't like loosing the mouse when you
   switched over to *NIX.  If I moved the mouse to soon
   when coming back I was screwed. (Have to reboot.)
3: I also noticed that if you boot a windows box with the
   switch away from it, you will not have a mouse installed.

I have a need for more ports now. So I got a 4 port.
It is an IO gear Model GCS614A.

1: when they say PS2 they mean it. USB to PS2 doesn't work 100%
2: Only hot keys.  So far no problem though.
3: Now the mouse wheel isn't working in Gnome.. grrrr.

Adrin



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of Trey
> Sizemore
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 10:36 AM
> To: ALE
> Subject: [ale] KVM switches
>
>
> I know there was some discussion on this a while back, but I can't for
> the life of me find them or remember which month(s) they occured in the
> archives.  I've got 3 machines (p200, p2 400, and a p4 2.8GHz) that I
> would like to share keyboard, mouse, video (hence the KVM switch ;-))
>
> I've not used one of these before, so I just wanted to know what to look
> for and what to look out for.  My current keyboard is PS/2, mouse is USB.
>  My P4 has both ports as does the P2.  The older Pentium 200 is socked
> away, so I can't remember if it has USB or not.  Should I get a KVM
> switch with PS/2 then, just to be safe?  I have the USB to PS/2 adapter
> that came with the mouse.
>
> Also, is the switching done by hardware or software (and if software, are
> Linux systems supported well?)?
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
> --
>   Trey Sizemore
>   trey at fastmail.fm
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