You are correct in the fact that this particular one (SV 125) is not
powered separately. It works fine in Solaris as well as at the "Forth"
{ok} prompt.
I have not hooked it up to a KVM yet, at this point, I am testing it
with a normal PS2 keyboard and mouse. I have tried multiple keyboards.
It should be noted as well that when I use the machine with the PS2
keyboard that I cannot enter any text, but when I shut it down remotely
I can then see text that I tried to enter with the PS2 keyboard at the
"Forth" {ok} prompt.
If anyone happens to remember which combinations (machine & converter)
have worked, please let me know.
Thanks for the help so far.
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Theo de Raadt <[email protected]>
wrote:
>> I am using a Starview PS2 to Sun converter (SV 125), here is a link:
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817707030
>>
>> I have installed 4.8-RELEASE onto a Sun Ultra 80 (sparc64), it works
>> great with the Sun keyboard / mouse. However, when a PS2 keyboard /
>> mouse is plugged in, the keyboard is not detected. My ultimate goal
>> is to hook this machine up to a PS2 KVM.
>
> I have used various kinds of these in the past, some with success and
> some not. The real issue is that some KVM's confuse the converter
> and something goes wrong.
>
> This one doesn't have a seperate power feed, right? Those suck power
> off the keyboard and video connectors. Well, the black one I have
> sucks it off both...
>
> I don't think we are doing anything very wrong, except perhaps it is
> timing related...
