FC4 - KVM mouse needing reset

[Joel Jaeggli]

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Doug Coats wrote:

> NO flame war intended..
>
> Why should I get rid of a piece of hardware that other (Fedora and
> Windows) OS's seem to work just fine with.  Doesn't it make more sense
> to discover the problem in FC4 (although others have reported this
> problem in of FC's I have not experienced them).

my belkin soho usb kvm was a piece of junk on windows as well... The root 
problem with this thing was that instead of simply connecting the keyboard 
and mouse through the usb hub to the computer it is actually emulating a 
keyboard and mouse inside the kvm, then doing some translation between the 
actual mouse/keyboard and the emulated (ps/2 kvms do the same thing). The 
end result being that all the extra functionality of my logitech wireless 
desktop never worked. on linux or windows or my mac.

> The attitude of replacing hardware to fix a software issue seems
> extreme and wasteful.

The problems with the belkin soho go well beyond software, though the fact 
that the firmware on the kvm is upgradeable sort of adds insult to injury, 
because they could fix it). I decided that keyboard switching of machines 
wasn't necessary and went with a usb kvm that didn't try and fake what was 
connected to it, and I'm much happier.

>> My suggestion is get rid of
>> the Belkin - get a Trendnet or Iogear - others have been recommended as well
>> - but, get rid of the Belkin. It will just be a source of aggravation till
>> you do.
>> --
>
>

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