[SATLUG] Dell Linux Machines Have Arrived

[herb cee]

Don Wright wrote:
>> 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 ...
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> 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.
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Wow thanks Don, several yrs back I bought a usb sw but in my ignorence 
did not know that it only worked on Usb mobos and two of my puters at 
that time still did not have usb so I got the mechanical sw. I still 
have it somewhere I think. I gonna look cause it is anoying when 
shutting any of the 3 down I have to push the sw over to the live rig 
before the shut down hits half way or i lose the other ones. so that 
problem will be solved as well I gather.

LOL I will crow here when I find it and it works.
thanks again
herb
> 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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