[PyMOL] Re: [o-info] KVM purchasing advice

On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 01:15:13PM -0700, Cameron Mura wrote:

> there may be many O and PyMOL users who use stereo with a monitor 
> connected through a KVM switch? 

> >3) would be nice if the KVM, linux boxes, and USB mouse were all 
> >interoperable.  Reason i point this out is that the logitech USB mouse 
> >i had been using w/ the FC4 box freaked-out (at least on the FC4 box) 
> >after being plugged-in (via USB<-->PS/2 adapter) to the PS/2 connector 
> >of a Belkin KVM switch (the popular OmniView SOHO F1DS104T model)...

I've found that when switching amongst Linux boxes with a
two-port Belkin OmniView PS/2-VGA KVM that I have to switch out
of X Windows and into a virtual terminal and then back to X
Windows before the pointer and mouse will work well again
together.  So, in terms of specific keystrokes, that is for
example Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch from X to virtual terminal 1, and
then Alt-F7 to switch back to X (though of course X is at Alt-F5
on various live CDs like KNOPPIX).

I'm in the process now of deploying KVMs more widely for general
use, using a mix of connectors, including USB-VGA KVMs with
Dell-Dell combinations and Dell-Mac combinations with and
without USB-to-PS/2 and PS/2-to-USB adapters , and in one case,
using a (rather pricey, but seems to work OK) DVI-USB KVM to
switch between a G4 and a G5 PowerMac.  

I have not run any quad-buffered stereo through any of the KVMs,
yet, but hope to get the chance to do that (even if just in full
screen mode, or in Linux if/when the drivers catch up) on the G5
PowerMacs we're deploying now.  I'd also appreciate reading
about experience with this that anyone has had.

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