On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 Lester Cheung wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 12:11:42AM +1000, Ken Foskey wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 23:10, Simon Males wrote: > > > I just need a rant for a KVM. When i im at home i wish to use standard > > > keyboard/mouse and screen which will be shared by my desktop and laptop. > > > > > > The kvm will require USB ports as my laptop cannot take PS2. I've had a > > > quick browse, and kvm's are not exactly cheap :( > > > > Why do you want a kvm at all? > > > > I use my laptop to 'X -query mydesktop' to connect within my home lan. > > Works a treat. The alternative is to ssh in with the -x option. > > Synergy maybe just for you. :) > Debian package in proper...
I only use my KVM when I need access to the physical machine (usually when booting a machine and I therefore can't get networked access). The rest of the time I find VNC works perfectly getting me to any of the other computers I need to access, and is often better than using the KVM - I can easily work on multiple desktops, swapping between them as required. I have found problems with my KVM and Windows 2000 and ghosting. Using exactly the same computer and monitor and resolution and refresh rate in Windows 2000 and X Windows System - the Windows 2000 display will have ghost images, but X does not. No idea why this is. It is a cheap KVM, but I would expect it to have the same problem in both OSes with the same hardware and configuration. Regards, Andrew -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
