On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 15:44 -0500, Matt Roth wrote: > List members, > > I am experiencing compatibility problems with a Belkin OmniView PRO > 8-Port KVM switch and Fedora Core 3. Any help you could provide A few years back I tried to use an 8-port ps/2 OmniView in a rack with HP servers running Windows 2000 Server. The mouse/keyboard was not being properly emulated (even though the marketing blurb stated it was) and resulted in quickly losing console control after a couple of switches, until we rebooted the servers. The "emulation" was so poor that servers would not boot unless the KVM was switched to the server while booting (educational test, of course all server BIOS settings by default ignore keyboard errors on boot, well maybe now they do ... ). I tried a replacement OmniView with the same results. So I tried a Starview (StarTech brand) 8-port model and never had a problem again. Maybe Belkin still uses the same flaky hardware/firmware. I never experienced a flickering screen with the above problems, just loss of control. I am sure you have verified snug cable connections. And I am baffled at how a "frozen screen" on the KVM can make the server lock up. Maybe you can find a firmware update from Belkin to address these issues. At home I have used an IOGear 2-port USB KVM for many years with no trouble at all with various flavors of Redhat / Fedora and Windows. i.e. I don't think the fault lies in the OS. If you want to try new hardware, this model http://startech.com/ststore/itemdetail.cfm?ProductID=SV831D&mt= appears to be similar to what I have installed. Good luck! Kevin Freeman
