Regardless of the firmware on a KVM, his question was about connecting two computers with a KVM, and wanted a product review.
Jeremiah E. Bess Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 19:38, spokeman <[email protected]> wrote: > @Jeremiah: I disagree - this is, or might be, a Linux question. KVM > switches carry some very Linux-specific hardware issues. > > @AKA: KVM switches do not, generally, transmit EVERYTHING back and > forth between the machine and the monitor, and this CAN, and WILL, > cause large difficulties. > > I have NO experience with the KVM you mention. It might act as mine > does, it might not. KVMs that cost less than $500, which is most of > them, generally DO have these issues. > > Without writing an essay of 100 pages, here is what you need to do. > Get the computer up and running WITHOUT the kvm. If you have a > graphics card, make sure you've run it through it's configuration > routines, whatever they may be. Then shutdown, attach the KVM, and > reboot. DO NOT switch the KVM to any other machine while this is > booting!! After you are done booting, you have logged in, and you gui > desktop is running, you can switch to the other machine on the KVM. > You will probably ALWAYS have to follow this procedure while booting. > > For more info, you can look up DDC "Direct Data Channel" on Wikipedia. > The OS and the hardware talk to each other on boot, and occasionally > thereafter. I can't run some games on my box when my KVM is connected. > The monitor doesn't get thru the KVM to "answer" the OS questions > correctly. The KVM passes most of the monitor's answers, but not all. > > kk - 'nuff said?? > > > On Dec 12, 6:51 pm, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not really a Linux question. You can easily Google "Digitus DC-11801-1 > > review" and get the results you need. > > > > Jeremiah Bess > > Sent from my G1 > > > > On Dec 12, 2009 4:46 PM, "Aka" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am going to buy a second computer and install Debian 5.0 AMD64. > > > > I need a KVM (2 or 4 ports & DVI), so I wonder if please someone have > > an experiance with. > > > > Does someone know this model ? > > Digitus DC-11801-1 > > http://www.digitus.info/en/products/datacom/?c=1260&p=6041 > > > > Thanks, regards, > > > > Aka :) > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > Group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > > For more options, visit our group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
