From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 11 18:28:53 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 193931065672 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:28:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feenberg@nber.org) Received: from mail2.nber.org (mail2.nber.org [66.251.72.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 925A58FC08 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:28:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nber6.nber.org (nber6.nber.org [66.251.72.76]) by mail2.nber.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p8BISnL4036755; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:28:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from feenberg@nber.org) Received: from localhost (feenberg@localhost) by nber6.nber.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with ESMTP id p8BISgog022645; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:28:42 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: nber6.nber.org: feenberg owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:28:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Feenberg X-X-Sender: feenberg@nber6 To: Robert Huff In-Reply-To: <20076.56940.849206.283586@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Message-ID: References: <20076.56940.849206.283586@jerusalem.litteratus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Anti-Virus: Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Mail Server 5.6.39/RELEASE, bases: 20110911 #6211799, check: 20110911 clean Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: KVM switch with FreeBSD-8.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:28:53 -0000 On Sun, 11 Sep 2011, Robert Huff wrote: > > Carmel writes: > >> 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. > > I have not used that particular make/model, but I have used a > KVM and it worked. I vaguely remember accounts of people who had > problems; a search of the mailing-list archives is advisable. The problem I have heard of relates to "what happens if the machine boots with the KVM switched to another machine?" The KVM may need to pretend there is a keyboard connected at that point. You certainly can't tell by looking at the box, but the Trendnet TK-407 I have (which is a 4-port USB KVM from the vendor you mention) works fine with FreeBSD and Windows. We haven't tested the mouse in FreeBSD. Since any USB KVM would be fairly recent, you might just want to take a chance. Solaris Sparc systems had worse problems. Daniel Feenberg > > > Robert Huff > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >