[olug] Belkin KVM switch problems

[Sean Edwards]

In 1999, I had a similar problem with OS/2 on Compaq,
but I don't remember the KVM switch brand.

No matter what I tried, OS/2 on Compaq hardware would
not work with the KVM switch.  The exact same hardware
worked with Windows, and OS/2 worked with the KVM
switch when it ran on the old IBM equipment, but OS/2
on Compaq just would not work with the KVM switch.  I
opened a case with Compaq and IBM, but neither one had
a resolution.

I left OS/2 on the new Compaq hardware with a
dedicated keyboard and mouse.

-=Sean Edwards=-
cybersean3000 at yahoo.com

--- Dave Thacker <dthacker at omnihotels.com> wrote:

> We've just brought in a 16-port Belkin KVM switch
> (PS/2 keyboard connectors) 
> to create a common console for our linux servers.  
> The computers we're 
> attaching are all rack-mount HP servers running SuSE
> 9.0 and 9.1.  We're 
> having a series of problems with this combination. 
> We've had to replace one 
> switch becuase 8 of the 16 ports were dead.   When
> we attempt to boot using 
> the replacement, we either get a keyboard error that
> won't allow the boot 
> process to continue, or the boot process finishes
> and the keyboard does not 
> respond .
> I'm wondering if any of the OLUG folks have seen
> these problems and have found 
> fixes for them.  
> 
> TIA
> DT
> -- 
> Dave Thacker
> Senior Systems Administrator
> Omni Hotels Reservation Center
> V:402-952-6535 F:402-334-8013 M: 402-981-4613 (24/7)
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