On 4 Jan, Visser, Martin wrote: > If you have more than one PC that you want to display then you might > also want to consider a KVM switch. This way you can have one keyboard, > video (monitor) and mouse and switch between inputs from your various > PCs. I have seen these from various outlets for around $60 to suit up to > 4 PCs.
Umm, but in my weird circumstance (no monitors, just a laptop), it wouldn't help. I agree, KVM switches are great - but never use a mechanical one. As they get older, you can get shorts as you switch them, and damage the PC. I know, I had one kill the parallel port on a PC that was on the motherboard, which took out the whole PC. Digital KVM switches OTOH are perfectly safe, I believe. And as for Jeff's suggestion - installing new hardware into the headless machine would be too scary (what if something went wrong?), and installing a video capture card into a laptop sounds worse. Finding an old temporary monitor was a much easier solution. :-) Cheers all, luke -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
