[PLUG] Linux KVM problem

[Dan Haskell]

On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Dave Scott wrote:

> Twas wondering if any of you have ever experianced this issue with 
> Belkin KVM?

I have had different problems with a Belkin 4-port KVM. The one I bought
for home gets it's power off of the keyboard line and screws up
constantly. The cap-lock comes on and won't go off. Sometimes it gets into
a control-lock situation where everything typed goes in as a control
character. The OS also complains a lot about keyboard errors. The one I
have at work - which has it's own power supply - works fine.

> The problem is when you switch back and forth, when you get to a X 
> session, the mouse behaves all erratic and goes crazy.  This can be 
> fixed by switching between X sessions (ctl-alt-f8, then ctl-alt-f7) but 
> this is annoying at best. Does anyone know of a better KVM switch that 
> fixes this problem or is this just a linux driver issue.    I've used 
> both Microsoft mice and Logitech 3 buttom wheel mice.

If your KVM does not have a powersupply, then I would bet that it is the
problem. This was just a bad idea.

Dan