--As of September 11, 2011 9:03:17 AM -0400, Carmel is alleged to have said:
I am thinking of using a "TRENDnet 2-Port DVI USB KVM Switch Kit with
Audio TK-214i" with a FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 PC and a Windows 7 machine. I
presently have a Samsung 24" digital monitor and a Logitech S510
cordless keyboard & mouse combination. The keyboard, mouse and monitor
presently work fine on FreeBSD.
I am wondering if anyone has any personal experience with using KVM
switches with FreeBSD and what that experience might be. I would really
like to integrate these two PC into using just one common monitor,
etcetera mostly due to space considerations.
--As for the rest, it is mine.
In my experience, the OS isn't all that relevant. The main question is if
the hardware works well together. Many KVMs don't do a great job of
emulating a connection if the computer isn't the currently active one, and
this can cause problems when something wants to see if a monitor is present
(and wants to check what it's specs are), but that's not a FreeBSD problem
per se: It's just a problem with the hardware.
I'm sorry I don't have any good, cheap, KVM recommendations at this time.
Enterprize-grade hardware usually doesn't have this problem (although it
might), and I haven't needed to use a small KVM for a while.
Daniel T. Staal
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