Paul,
I have exactly "zero" experience with Linux and KVM's, burt I've used
them extensively in DOS and Windows. The pushbutton kind will last
longer, because the switch contacts self-wipe with each activation.
(The inner contacts on the rotary kind also self-wipe, thought not as
effectively, and the two extreme positions of the switch, being at the
end of the travel, don't wipe at all.)
Like I said, I don't know from nothin' 'bout Linux and KVM's, but the
problem you described sounded a lot like what you get if you tell your
CMOS setup program there's a keyboard installed. Try telling it "Not
Installed", and see if it don't stay awake longer...
DaLe
--- Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
> I have an application that could use a KVM switch. I've never used
> one
> before, and apparently they come in two flavors: the rotary switch
> kind
> (much cheaper) and the other kind, with push-button switches.
>
> Now, I used to have a machine running RH6.2 that had a keylock on it.
> At
> certain times, when I'd lock the machine with the key, come back and
> unlock it, Linux would be completely frozen. I'd unlock the machine
> and
> neither the keyboard nor the machine would respond to anything. I
> have
> some concern that a KVM switch would do the same thing.
>
> Anyone have any experience with KVM's and Linux, and whether it
> matters
> if it's a rotary dial or push-button switch?
>
> Paul
>
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