In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jason Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 01:04:07PM -0700, John Polstra wrote:
> >
> > I just want to add that in the case of the Belkin OmniView, it
> > should be noted that Belkin shipped a bunch of them with a couple
> > of EPROM chips swapped accidentally.
>
> I had the same problems, and took my KVM switch apart, expecting to find
> the chips reversed. They were in fact installed correctly, so at least in
> my case, the problem exists regardless. If I'm careful to have the KVM
> switch on the same channel as a booting machine, and leave it on that
> channel until the probing is done, everything seems to work fine.
> Otherwise, the keyboard is not detected.
Maybe they swapped the labels on the chips too. :-)
Seriously, that's really strange. I have all variety of machines
hooked up to my Belkin OmniView, including FreeBSD (-current and
-stable, i386 and Alpha), Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Tru64, NT, and
Win2k, and I don't see any major problems, even using the mouse
(no-name 2-button).
There is only one thing that drives my the KVM out of its mind:
powering down the Alpha. As soon as I do that, the KVM is totally
hosed. Even invoking its so-called "reset" function (pressing both
selector buttons simultaneously) doesn't help. As soon as I reboot
any machine (even the Alpha) that's connected to the KVM, it's OK
again.
John
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John Polstra [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA
"Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa
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