On Sun, 02 May 2004 09:03:52 +0100 Roger Beever <roger2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 04:58, Karl Hakmiller wrote: > > All, > > > > I came across a Belkin switch (OmniView) at CompUSA that permits running up to four computers using a single monitor, keyboard, mouse and speaker-set. It sounds like a great space saver - I have an XP Home and an FC1 machine taking up most of the table space in my study - and it would be great to get rid of one of the monitors and such. > > > > But, I'm wondering if any listers have used this switch with a linux machine before I buy it. I don't mind set-up problems if they can be overcome with a little patience and work but I've been burned a couple of times lately with hardware having installation software which is only written for Windows machines. > > > > Any comments would be welcome. > Sounds like the same as I use. > There is a general problem with a lot of the KVM switches that > occasionally the mouse pointer goes wild when switching the fix is > switch form the GUI to a console screen and straight back. > Apart from that (in my case it's somewhere around one switch in ten) no > problems. > Regards Roger > > > Thanks for your reply. The space saving promised is so tempting that I think I'll give it a try. Karl L
