[SATLUG] Dell Linux Machines Have Arrived

[Don Wright]

>I being a noob cannot comment except to say that all three of my rigs 
>have the power mgt turned off because of that same problem altho a bit 
>different in that all the machines do wake up but I lose the connection 
>on all three via the KVM sw so I cannot use the kb or mouse only the 
>video. ... The sw is a mechanical sw not a usb ...


Get a real electronic KVM switch instead of the mechanical one. What you
have is the same as unplugging the mouse from one machine and plugging it
into another. The keyboard and mouse both have processors in them that
need to be powered at all times, or reset with the proper sequence. The
device drivers in the computers often cannot cope with connecting a
keyboard or mouse at any time other than initial power-up. The electronic
KVM switches handle all that and more.

I've been there. It's worth the extra money if only to keep the video from
getting funny colors as the mechanical switch ages.  --Don

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