dhs wrote:

> A WinXP box is connected to the second port, which has also worked
> without incident.

which worked without incident? the KVM or the WinXP box? ;-)

On 2004-10-25, Julien Mills <julien@nowhere.com> wrote:

> Has anyone used a KVM switch with slackware boxes (or any other dist
> for that matter) and some windows boxes perhaps?

I've been using an ancient 6-port Master View for about 4 years. Works
great with all kinds of Unix, Linux, and M$ OS's. OTOH, I'm running
separate mice to both boxes and bypassing the M part of the KVM. This is
not because the KVM is flakey, but because it's a serial mouse KVM and I
don't have serial mouse inputs on my boxes anymore and the serial->PS/2
adapters just don't translate worth a damn with the old Mouseman mice I
prefer using. Anyway, if you get a View Master (they've got a pretty good
rep ...I leave mine on 24/7), avoid serial mouse models, which I think they
still sell (weirdly enough!).

I'd also avoid the Belkens. I've read a buncha negative posts about them.

nb

Julien Mills <julien@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone used a KVM switch with slackware boxes (or any other dist
> for that matter) and some windows boxes perhaps?
>
> If so, did you have any issues? And what brand/model of KVM did you use?
>
> I'm considering getting an 8 port for some of my machines.
>
While 8 machines may be a bit much for my approach what I do is to use
an X server on my desktop machine and then xdm to display the remote
desktops.

In my case the desktop machine is running Windows 2000 and I use
Cygwin/X as the X server. In addition I have virtual desktops running
on the win2k machine so that the remote (Linux in my case) desktops
can have a whole virtual screen to themselves and all I have to do is
change virtual screen to go from one desktop to another.

I did try a KVM switch for a while but it was never perfect for me
anyway. Using an X server has another advantage, I can cut and paste
between the different dektops.

--
Chris Green

On 2004-10-26, notbob <notbob@nothome.com> wrote:
> On 2004-10-25, Julien Mills <julien@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone used a KVM switch with slackware boxes (or any other dist
>> for that matter) and some windows boxes perhaps?
>
> I've been using an ancient 6-port Master View for about 4 years. Works
> great with all kinds of Unix, Linux, and M$ OS's. OTOH, I'm running
> separate mice to both boxes and bypassing the M part of the KVM. This is
> not because the KVM is flakey, but because it's a serial mouse KVM and I
> don't have serial mouse inputs on my boxes anymore and the serial->PS/2
> adapters just don't translate worth a damn with the old Mouseman mice I
> prefer using. Anyway, if you get a View Master (they've got a pretty good
> rep ...I leave mine on 24/7), avoid serial mouse models, which I think they
> still sell (weirdly enough!).
>
> I'd also avoid the Belkens. I've read a buncha negative posts about them.

Thanks, one and all, for the excellent posts, I'll report back on how
things work (in a few weeks).

--
Julien Mills Amoroso's Baking Company
Tel: (215) 471-4740 IS Dept
email: julien@amorosobaking.com www.amorosobaking.com

usenet@isbd.co.uk wrote:
>>
> While 8 machines may be a bit much for my approach what I do is to use
> an X server on my desktop machine and then xdm to display the remote
> desktops.
>
> In my case the desktop machine is running Windows 2000 and I use
> Cygwin/X as the X server. In addition I have virtual desktops running
> on the win2k machine so that the remote (Linux in my case) desktops
> can have a whole virtual screen to themselves and all I have to do is
> change virtual screen to go from one desktop to another.
>
> I did try a KVM switch for a while but it was never perfect for me
> anyway. Using an X server has another advantage, I can cut and paste
> between the different dektops.
>

yeah, I do about the same and it works pretty well.

*nix: ssh -X

Windows: tightvnc starts as a service then use KDE remote desktop
connection. A little slow on a few high end apps, but I'm happy with
it.

pretty neat with all those virtual desktops.

--
Robert - slackware