[GLLUG] KVM Weirdness

[Sean]

I think it is crappy kvm hardware. It happens with the MacOS X too. 
I heard IO Gears worked flawlessy with OS X so im thinking IO Gears KVM is 
better or actually to spec, which kind of surprises me since I thought 
they were the same thing..





On Fri, 2 May 2003, Todd Torrey wrote:

> 
> Seth wrote:
> >I have a Belkin OmniView KVM switch. When ever I switch to an other 
> >computer, the >mouse goes crazy in Red Hat 9. It was fine with Red Hat 7.1, 
> >and it works fine >with the rest of the computers.
> 
> I also have an OmniView KWM causing the same problems with Red Hat 9. I had 
> the same problems in Red Hat 8 - the mouse goes crazy. This doesn't happen 
> every time I switch inputs on the KVM, but the longer my Linux box stays 
> disconnected from the mouse, the more likely it is that the problem will 
> occur.
> I have noticed that when I switch to a Windows box(Win2k) that has the 
> browser open, the browser will back up one page all by itself. It's as if 
> it's receiving a "backspace" signal from the KVM.
> I'm hoping that there is some sort of fix in Linux that will make the 
> problem go away, but I got a feeling its just crappy KVM hardware.
> 
> Todd
> 
> 
> 
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