[plug] kvm issues

[Kev]

Hi Ranz

I used to use a 2 port Aten KVM with no probs at all.  I now use a 4 
port Aten KVM, across machines with 4 different OSes (Windoze, OS/2, 
Xandros, SuSE10) and haven't had even 1 glitch.  My guess is that your 
problem isn't the KVM.

Cheers
Kev

Ryan wrote:
> I've found Linux normally sees the maximum resolution the KVM reports -
> usually 1600x1200 with my stuff.  Get a new monitor that handles this
> resolution natively and the problem goes away :)
> 
> The X config is no doubt trying auto-probe-everything-plus-kitchen-sink.
> Should it not be possible to clamp it down a bit so it behaves the same
> no matter what it sees?
> 
> Ryan
> 
> On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 08:18 +0800, Ranz wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am wondering if other people are using KVMs? I use a DUAL-VGA KVM
>>(Aten CS-1744), because I use dual display on my Windows PC and my Linux
>>(OpenSuSe 10) PC.
>>
>>The thing that I've noticed is that if you start up the linux box whilst
>>the kvm is set to another PC (i.e. it's not active on the Linux Box) -
>>the X windows session doesn't pick-up the correct resolution or behave
>>the same as compared to if you started it up with the KVM set to the
>>linux box.
>>
>>
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