jack wallen wrote: > Robert L Cochran wrote: >> Are the no-name-brand, two-port, USB 2.0 PS2 KVM switch boxes with two >> cables which sell for $14.99 and free shipping on EBay any good? Here is >> an example: item 140294824343 from seller insidecomputer. Recent >> discussions (from 2007) suggest IOGear and Trendnet switches as good >> brands. If I can get a cheap switch that works, though, I'm willing to >> do it. >> >> Thanks >> >> Bob Cochran >> Greenbelt, Maryland, USA >> >> > avoid them. i bought one on ebay - a cheap USB one. it did two things: > prevented Fedora from being able to read the modes from the monitor so > I couldn't get proper resolution and, even worse, killed every usb > port on my system. i now have to get a PCI usb card in order to use > any USB device. > > so, yeah, i wouldn't bother. That's a rather convincing damage report. I was really tempted to get the el cheapo units. I'm looking at IOGear KVMs now. Bob -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
