KVM Help and Recommendations for FC3

Craig White craigwhite at azapple.com
Wed Nov 16 05:53:00 UTC 2005


On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 23:39 -0600, Kevin Freeman wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 15:44 -0500, Matt Roth wrote:
> > List members,
> > 
> > I am experiencing compatibility problems with a Belkin OmniView PRO 
> > 8-Port KVM switch and Fedora Core 3.  Any help you could provide 
> 
> A few years back I tried to use an 8-port ps/2 OmniView in a rack with
> HP servers running Windows 2000 Server.  The mouse/keyboard was not
> being properly emulated (even though the marketing blurb stated it was)
> and resulted in quickly losing console control after a couple of
> switches, until we rebooted the servers.  The "emulation" was so poor
> that servers would not boot unless the KVM was switched to the server
> while booting (educational test, of course all server BIOS settings by
> default ignore keyboard errors on boot, well maybe now they do ... ).  I
> tried a replacement OmniView with the same results.  So I tried a
> Starview (StarTech brand) 8-port model and never had a problem again.
> Maybe Belkin still uses the same flaky hardware/firmware.
> 
> I never experienced a flickering screen with the above problems, just
> loss of control.  I am sure you have verified snug cable connections.
> And I am baffled at how a "frozen screen" on the KVM can make the server
> lock up.  Maybe you can find a firmware update from Belkin to address
> these issues.
> 
> At home I have used an IOGear 2-port USB KVM for many years with no
> trouble at all with various flavors of Redhat / Fedora and Windows.
> i.e. I don't think the fault lies in the OS.
> 
> If you want to try new hardware, this model
> http://startech.com/ststore/itemdetail.cfm?ProductID=SV831D&mt=  appears
> to be similar to what I have installed.
----
the Belkins have a lousy reputation around here. I know because I own
one and have to pass psmouse.proto=bare on the grub kernel line to keep
it from going bananas which disables the wheel.

Linksys seems to work pretty well

Craig


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