--- Tom Diehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Jason Gilbert wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 11:28:04AM +0100, Martin > Stricker wrote: > > > Jason Gilbert wrote: > > > > > > > I'm not sure if it's related, but I noticed a > problem when plugging a > > > > KVM in after the machine had booted (it's > setup for serial console). > > > > If the KVM was plugged in when the machine > booted everything is fine. > > > > I have not really investigated it though. > > > > > > This is the expected behavior if there was no > keyboard/mouse plugged > > > into the computer at bootup - it's not detected > by BIOS and/or OS, so > > > the resource is not used. > > > > In practice this is not true. When plugging the > keyboard and display directly > > into the machine after boot everything works fine. > I'm not using a mouse. I > > would not expect the PS/2 mouse to work, however I > would expect the keyboard and > > video to work. Whether or not it's good to be > 'hotplugging' these devices is a > > different issue. > > Not trying to start some kind of religious war but > as a real world datapoint > I have been hot plugging PS/2 keyboards and mice > since the first ones came out > years ago. Never had a problem. Same with video. In > my experience 99% of the > time you do not have to reboot for them to work. > > As far as KVM switches go I have a 4 port one here > that works just fine, > including the hot plugging of the KVM. > > Maybe I am just luckey but..... > > -- > .............Tom "Nothing would please me more than > being able to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] hire ten programmers and deluge > the hobby market > with good software." -- Bill Gates 1976 > > We are still waiting .... > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
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