Keyboard/monitor/mouse switches

[scott at MIT.EDU (Scott Ehrlich)]

Hi Bill:

This has been brought up before, possibly the most recent time by me.
The response I received, which appears true, is when you want to reboot
your system, make sure the KVM is pointing to that machine.  BIOS and the
kernel apparently need to see a complete circuit at the
start.  Afterwards, you should be able to switch among machines at will.

Hope that helps.

Scott

On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Bill Horne wrote:

> Sorry, but this isn't strictly Linux:  it does, however, concern 
> those of us whom use a Samba server with Win95 boxen.
> 
> I bought a manual keyboard/monitor/mouse switch, which is 
> supposed to allow me to share my k/m/m amoung four computers.
> 
> I've found that the mouse and keyboard often freeze when 
> switching from one machine to another, and before returning the 
> switch I'd appreciate advice on how to solve the problem.
> 
> 1.  Does this problem occur with electronic "matrix" switches? 
> If not, what are the best values and where can I get them?
> 2.  Is that a way to modify a manual switch to prevent the 
> problem?
> 
> TIA.
> 
> Bill Horne
> 
> 
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