Re: KVM switch recomendation?
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 at 14:15 GMT, Greg Norris penned:
> Can anyone recommend a good 4-port (or thereabout) KVM switch? I need
> one which can handle USB keyboard and mouse inputs, and it would be a
> plus (but definitely not required) if it can accommodate both USB and
> PS/2 outputs.
>
> I recently tried a Belkin OmniView SOHO KVM (model no. F1DS104U),
> which claims to be Linux compatible, but it turned out to be rather
> flaky[1]. After waiting for 90 minutes on their tech support line,
> for a scripted-to-the-max session which I can only (charitably)
> describe as completely worthless, I think I'm inclined to avoid Belkin
> products at this point.
>
>
> [1] It mostly worked, but would frequently miss keystrokes (especially
><CTRL>-whatever combinations), or act like a key was being held down.
>I did all of the usual troubleshooting (try a different keyboard, swap
>the cables, update the firmware, etc.), and am fairly confident that
>it's a firmware bug.
>
I have a Belkin 4-port (don't recall the exact model, but OmniView
sounds right), and while the keystroke aspect was fine, it didn't
interact with X well at all. Switching back to a machine running X
would result in the mouse crawling along the lower left corner of the
screen. I would always have to log out and back in again to fix it.
This might have been a problem with my X configuration; not sure.
I also had visible "shadowing" on the screen. This might have been
fixable with super-duper cabling, but I wasn't willing to spend an
enormous sum on cables just to find out.
--
monique
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