[olug] Belkin KVM switch problems

[Rob Townley]

One thing you may notice is when you switch from one KVM position to
another and then back, the keyboard and mouse seem to stop working in
GUI.  The secret is to enter the CTRL+ALT+F2 (the only keys that
respond!) to switch back to a character based console, then ALT+F7 to
switch back to the GUI.  Keyboard and mouse will work normally.

But for 16 ports, that is a great deal of cable, i second the notion
of getting a IP based KVM.

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 08:29:27 -0800 (PST), Tim OBrien
<IrishMASMS at olug.org> wrote:
> <quote who="Dave Thacker">
> > 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
> 
> At my old job there in Omahaw, we picked up the 8 port Belkin KVM that had
> PS2 & USB for all the systems, but only PS2 for the master KB & mouse. The
> Sun Solaris systems I put on there worked fine. Though I was not given the
> chance to connect our NT and Linux/BSD systems before I left there; from
> my testing everything seemed to work fine.
> 
> As usual, YMMV. =)
> 
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> Timothy "Irish" O'Brien
> Previous Publicity & Social activities chairperson
> Omaha Linux User's Group (OLUG)
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