James, Now that I think about it, Tobias Crawley advised me on this issue once. I think that what I used to do after switching to my linux box was to switch to a non-Xwindows terminal screen by hitting ALT-F1and then switching back with ALT-F7. That should fix it.
Kipp On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:14:06 -0500, Kipp Spanbauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James, > > I've ran into this problem before and I believe it has something to do > with the 2.6 kernel having input devices integrated into it or > something like that. I think that if you use the 2.4 kernel you'll be > fine. I ended up upgrading to a 4-port dual-VGA Belkin model which is > fantastic. However, now I'm wondering if I should have bought a model > that supports DVI instead of just VGA. > > Kipp > > > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:46:59 -0500, James Brigman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jason Tower wrote: > > > > >>Jason Tower wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>belkin KVM switches suck, cut your losses and ditch it. however, i can > > >>>heartily recommend the little iogear models with integrated cables, both > > >>>2 > > >>>and 4 port. we've deployed at least half a dozen at client sites, ps2 > > >>>is all i've ever used. they rock. > > >>> > > >>> > > Jason - so, you've never seen this problem with the IOgear KVMs? I was > > afraid of that - it might be something to do with the Belkin KVM and not > > something you can fix with a change to the X config files. You're right, > > overall, about the Belkins: the older ones sucked. The one I'm using is > > the "Omniview E", which hasn't been a bad switch, except that it "meeps" > > every time you hit the button to switch between ports, and I don't think > > there's a keyboard shortcut to do the switching either. > > > > The IOgear units are interesting: a flourescent green "blob" with the > > cables coming out the back. I had to buy the cables extra with this KVM, > > so I spent a little over $120 all-up for the unit and cables. If I could > > find a better KVM switch that would take the same cables, I would gladly > > ditch it. - JKB > > > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
