KVM over IP or just a simpler KVM --- On Mon, 6/1/09, Bob Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Bob Miller <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Linux box emulating a keyboard? > To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, June 1, 2009, 8:02 PM > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Bill > Barry <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Bob Miller <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Ben Barrett <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> Just my hunch, I think using USB would be > easier; AFAIK you can switch modes > >>> (host/slave) if the hardware will support it, > as has been done with n770 > >>> (&8xx too?). > >> > >> Hmmm. Does the Intel UHCI/EHCI support slave > mode? Switched > >> per-port? > >> > >>> and, do you really need linux? > >>> http://www.obdev.at/products/vusb/prjhid.html > >>> :) > >> > >> My first thought was an Arduino. The Arduino > docs indicate that the HW > >> is capable of emulating PS/2, and it has a > serial-over-USB interface as well. > >> But I'd be writing more software than this project > warrants. > >> > >> -- > >> Bob Miller > K<bob> > >> > [email protected] > > > > > > Do you need the keyboard at boot? Otherwise you could > just use VNC. > > Yeah, I know about VNC, qemu, rdesktop, VMware, synergy, > x2vnc, and > some other things. I need a way to enter input before > the network is up. > After the network is up, I'll be using synergy. > > I can install as much software as I want on the Linux side, > but it needs > to look like a hardware keyboard to the Windows box. > Sorry I didn't make > that clear in my first post. > > -- > Bob Miller > > K<bob> > > > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
