KVM switch problem

Negative negativebinomial at gmail.com
Sat Feb 3 19:03:06 UTC 2007


On 1/30/07, Gerhard Magnus <magnus at agora.rdrop.com> wrote:
>
> I've been trying to get a Belkin USB KVM switch to work with two FC6
> boxes.  The top of the KVM unit has a pair of illuminated buttons that
> are used to manually switch the peripherals from one system to the
> other.  It seems this would be straightforward but it's not.  The
> keyboard, monitor and mouse work fine when just one system is physically
> plugged into the switch.  But with both systems connected to it the
> switch seems to have a mind of its own and goes back and forth between
> the boxes as soon as I start using the keyboard or mouse.  Often both
> buttons on the switch are illuminated, as if it were trying to deal with
> input from both systems.
>
> Has anyone had a problem like this?  Is there a workaround?
>
> Thanks for the help! -- Jerry


You've probably done whatever you did to fix this, but try switching the
cables from one machine to the other. I have one, and the cables have to be
installed in order. I've lost the instructions, but with only two cables,
brute force works.


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