From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 11 22:29:02 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21E9D1065673 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:29:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED5438FC1E for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:29:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C69AAF4 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:29:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:29:00 -0400 From: Daniel Staal To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <7D6A3DAD2264365225EBAB1E@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: KVM switch with FreeBSD-8.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:29:02 -0000 --As of September 11, 2011 9:03:17 AM -0400, Carmel is alleged to have said: > I am thinking of using a "TRENDnet 2-Port DVI USB KVM Switch Kit with > Audio TK-214i" with a FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 PC and a Windows 7 machine. I > presently have a Samsung 24" digital monitor and a Logitech S510 > cordless keyboard & mouse combination. The keyboard, mouse and monitor > presently work fine on FreeBSD. > > I am wondering if anyone has any personal experience with using KVM > switches with FreeBSD and what that experience might be. I would really > like to integrate these two PC into using just one common monitor, > etcetera mostly due to space considerations. --As for the rest, it is mine. In my experience, the OS isn't all that relevant. The main question is if the hardware works well together. Many KVMs don't do a great job of emulating a connection if the computer isn't the currently active one, and this can cause problems when something wants to see if a monitor is present (and wants to check what it's specs are), but that's not a FreeBSD problem per se: It's just a problem with the hardware. I'm sorry I don't have any good, cheap, KVM recommendations at this time. Enterprize-grade hardware usually doesn't have this problem (although it might), and I haven't needed to use a small KVM for a while. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------