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The only trouble with the Linksys is sometimes the funky key combinations to
switch would be identical to a games key combination and instead of fragging
a dragon, I would be switched to another box - and upon returning to my game
I would be KIA - so that feature is disabled.

Greg

> -----Original Message-----
&gt; From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a  rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org]On Behalf Of
&gt; Robert Heaven
&gt; Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 1:27 PM
&gt; To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
&gt; Subject: Re: [ale] KVM switches
&gt;
&gt;
&gt; I have a Belkin OmniCube 4-port KVM switch. (PS/2 only) When I first
&gt; bought it, I had a wired keyboard and a wired 3-button ball mouse and
&gt; everything worked great. Linux, Winblose, FreeBSD, they all worked fine.
&gt;
&gt; Untill, however, I started playing around with wireless and optical
&gt; devices. With a wireless keyboard, every time I changed the channel, I
&gt; would have to unplug the keyboard connector and plug it back in. With an
&gt; optical mouse, it doesn't matter if I have wired or wireless, every time
&gt; I change the channel, I have to do the CTL+ALT+Backspace to kill X and
&gt; restart it bacause the mouse protocol goes wacky.
&gt;
&gt;
&gt; Trey Sizemore wrote:
&gt;
&gt; &gt;I know there was some discussion on this a while back, but I can't for
&gt; &gt;the life of me find them or remember which month(s) they occured in the
&gt; &gt;archives.  I've got 3 machines (p200, p2 400, and a p4 2.8GHz) that I
&gt; &gt;would like to share keyboard, mouse, video (hence the KVM switch ;-))
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt;I've not used one of these before, so I just wanted to know what to look
&gt; &gt;for and what to look out for.  My current keyboard is PS/2, mouse is USB.
&gt; &gt; My P4 has both ports as does the P2.  The older Pentium 200 is socked
&gt; &gt;away, so I can't remember if it has USB or not.  Should I get a KVM
&gt; &gt;switch with PS/2 then, just to be safe?  I have the USB to PS/2 adapter
&gt; &gt;that came with the mouse.
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt;Also, is the switching done by hardware or software (and if software, are
&gt; &gt;Linux systems supported well?)?
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt;Thanks for the feedback.
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt;
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