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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
