Re: Adding a KVM, what should I be aware of?

2003-03-28 Thread Troy Ross
I'm using a IOGEAR MiniView 4 port usb kvmp switch model GCS1714. It is a usb switch that emulates keyboard and mouse connections over usb. It works better than even plugging the usb mouse and keyboard directly into my FreeBSD box. Works with all verstions of windows as well. The only

Re: Adding a KVM, what should I be aware of?

2003-03-27 Thread Octavian Hornoiu
Victor Bondarenko wrote: On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 08:32:18PM -0500, Dragoncrest wrote: [...] putting it on the KVM. I know some people have mentioned issues with that before, so I wanted to be ready and aware of any and all issues so I could nail them as they show up so I'm not ripping my

Re: Adding a KVM, what should I be aware of?

2003-03-27 Thread Victor Bondarenko
i have never been able to successfully keep the mouse working using freebsd and Belkin KVM's. The mouse works at first when you start up the mouse daemon but if you switch KVM consoles to another box and then switch back the mouse is all messed up and you have to manually restart the

Re: Adding a KVM, what should I be aware of?

2003-03-27 Thread jdunham
On 27 Mar 2003 at 1:22, Octavian Hornoiu wrote: i have never been able to successfully keep the mouse working using freebsd and Belkin KVM's. The mouse works at first when you start up the mouse daemon but if you switch KVM consoles to another box and then switch back the mouse is all

Adding a KVM, what should I be aware of?

2003-03-26 Thread Dragoncrest
I'm looking at adding a new KVM switch in the coming weeks. I'm also going to be installing Freebsd 5.0 on one of my new workstations. Just wondering what I should be aware of before installing the system and putting it on the KVM. I know some people have mentioned issues with that before,

Re: Adding a KVM, what should I be aware of?

2003-03-26 Thread Victor Bondarenko
On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 08:32:18PM -0500, Dragoncrest wrote: [...] putting it on the KVM. I know some people have mentioned issues with that before, so I wanted to be ready and aware of any and all issues so I could nail them as they show up so I'm not ripping my hair out trying to solve

Re: Adding a KVM, what should I be aware of?

2003-03-26 Thread Louis LeBlanc
On 03/26/03 08:32 PM, Dragoncrest sat at the `puter and typed: I'm looking at adding a new KVM switch in the coming weeks. I'm also going to be installing Freebsd 5.0 on one of my new workstations. Just wondering what I should be aware of before installing the system and putting it