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

I have been using a Tripp-Lite 2 port KVM switch now for about 3 years
with a whole different combination of platforms and have yet to run into
a problem.

Len


On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 08:48, D. Joe Anderson wrote:
> 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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