Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:24:35 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: KVM switch with FreeBSD-8.2 Message-ID: <20110912012435.9d4c76bf.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK1pENtm7L-HfJu_RYNSNNMqK8TgYiWbc6tnGku%2BgwqNUQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <BLU0-SMTP69E96B700AEF3C73A953C93030@phx.gbl> <CA%2BtpaK1pENtm7L-HfJu_RYNSNNMqK8TgYiWbc6tnGku%2BgwqNUQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:20:19 -0500, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Carmel <carmel_ny@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > My experience with this is limited, but good. It's been sometime since I've > used this setup, but I recall the FreeBSD was actually PCBSD and for it to > work correctly I have to have them KVM switched to it when X was starting. I have ben using a similar approach in the past, but in order to get rid of the requirement "when X is started, console must be attached" I had hardcoded the neccessary screen settings in xorg.conf so X would start even if nothing would have been connected. Sadly I can't remember the particular model that I had, but it had buttons to select one of the 8 "console channels" on its front. I found this was better than using something that required some weird keyboard shortcut as those are traditionally handled by the OS or by X. A LED indicator next to the buttons on the device's front indicated which system the console was connected to and if the system was online. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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