Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 21:23:16 +0000 From: "Aaron D. Gifford" <agifford@infowest.com> To: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: keyboard, mouse & monitor emulation Message-ID: <35085244.2E25DEAA@infowest.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980312114556.12793D-100000@harlie.bfd.com>
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Eric J. Schwertfeger wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Christopher Raven wrote: > > > Hi again, > > > > I am looking at the Keyzone multi port devices - these allow a single > > keyboard, mouse & monitor to control multiple machines. > > > > My question is this - the mechanical switcher is much, much cheaper > > than the auto switcher (4 ports @ (U.K.) £96 not 4 @ £595) but the > > manufacturer says that servers may have problems on the mechanical > > because only one machine at a time sees the mouse, kboard, etc. and so > > may return errors. > > > > Q. Would FreeBSD stable 2.2.5 care or would it not complain once I had > > the server up and "removed" the mouse, etc. ? > > I've been using a mechanical switch with FreeBSD -stable on several boxen just fine for over a year now. However, having used a mechanical switch, I now want to move up in the world and replace it with an electronic switcher. The mechanical one, while it does work, does worry me with regard to the stress to system hardware everytime the switch position is changed. Aaron out. > > I hope someone can answer this question because it will decide which > > one I go for. > > I've used both, but not with FreeBSD. I've seen mechnical switchers blow > motherboard keyboard interfaces, so I'm not hot on their use, but I'm not > a doom-and-gloom type, because I've seen cases where they never caused > problems either. > > If you do go with the mechanical switchbox, make sure all BIOS's are set > up to allow booting if the keyboard is not detected. I don't know if > FreeBSD will handle it if you plug in the keyboard after the fact, though. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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