You're right. That was the original question - I read it incorrectly. Although when it comes to Linux and KVM, what I've given him will be helpful. KVM response is, in my experience, distro independent, and highly subject to the whole plug-n-play hardware conversation. I had this problem in early 2009, and was quite surprised by it. Spent a lot of hours on it, too.
Happy New Year! On Dec 30 2009, 11:58 pm, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
