I've had no problems at all using a USB keyboard and a USB mouse through a
Mitsubishi 900u 19" monitor which includes a USB KVM switch. My BP6 runs 2 x
466 Celerons with Redhat Linux 7.0 just fine.
Rob Smallshire
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> The KVM switch in question is a Linksys ProConnect 4-port; it's
> a pretty decent switch (handles up to 1600x1200 resolutions,
> which is why I got it in the first place). I'd never had any
> problems with the switch prior to putting the BP6 on it, and I
> haven't had any problems with it now that the BP6 has been
> removed from it.
>
> As far as I can tell (and I won't know definitely until I put
> a USB keyboard on the BP6), this is the only thing that's gone
> wrong on it since I got it in the first place. Anybody have
> any experience with USB keyboards?
>
> Ville Herva wrote:
> >
> > > recently, it appears that the keyboard controller flaked out on
> > > it. I had it on a KVM switch, and it was locking the switch up
> > > on an increasingly frequent basis. I finally figured out it
> > > was the BP6 and not the switch by plugging in a keyboard; the
> > > LEDs on the keyboard were pulsing when I did, and nothing I
> > > could do would make a difference. I've been thinking about
> >
> > Just a short note: I've had many different machines on KVM switch, and
> > unless your KVM switch is of much better quality than the ones I've
> > tried, I don't think you can blame BP6 for this one.
> >
> > The phenomenon you are describe frequently happens to me with non-BP6
> > hardware. Besides, I think the BP6 PS/2 stuff is fairly standard.
> >
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