Share monitor/keyboard with Window

Share monitor/keyboard with Window

[Mike Ni]

Hey Folks, 

I want to configure the linux system in a way that it
can share the "monitor", "keyboard" & "mouse" with a
Window system via a "KVM switch box". 

Instead of spending money on the monitor/keyboard, I
thought maybe the two opeerating system can share one.


Does anyone have done similiar thing? Your feedback
please. 

Thanks,
Mikey

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Re: Share monitor/keyboard with Window

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Mike Ni wrote:
> Hey Folks, 
> 
> I want to configure the linux system in a way that it
> can share the "monitor", "keyboard" & "mouse" with a
> Window system via a "KVM switch box". 
> 
> Instead of spending money on the monitor/keyboard, I
> thought maybe the two opeerating system can share one.

Last I checked, the KVM switch cost more than a second keyboard/mouse....

But, that said, at my last company, we tried using a KVM between 3 
seperate computers:  Linux, DG/UX, and NT 4.  What we found was that the 
NT mouse drivers and the Linux mouse drivers expected the mouse to be 
configured slightly differently and that switching between them often 
produced frustration that the "other" OS didn't work right ("other" 
being the OS booted first, since the OS booted second would re-program 
the mouse...).  Most NT-users decided to stay with NT full time, and I 
decided to stay with Linux full time, and use VMWare to run NT under 
Linux when I needed the NT software.

-- 
Kevin J. Cummings
kjchome@rcn.com
cummings@kjchome.homeip.net
cummings@kjc386.framingham.ma.us

RE: Share monitor/keyboard with Window

[Joshua]

I use a setup exactly like this and it works fine for me. The only thing
I have found is that you need to select each system when booting(both
windows and linux). I would also recommend not getting a USB KVM they
seem too have more problems with varying OSes than the others and they
may even need specific drivers installed to work correctly.

Joshua
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-----Original Message-----
From: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org
[mailto:linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Mike Ni
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 5:36 PM
To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Share monitor/keyboard with Window

Hey Folks, 

I want to configure the linux system in a way that it
can share the "monitor", "keyboard" & "mouse" with a
Window system via a "KVM switch box". 

Instead of spending money on the monitor/keyboard, I
thought maybe the two opeerating system can share one.


Does anyone have done similiar thing? Your feedback
please. 

Thanks,
Mikey

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RE: Share monitor/keyboard with Window

[Mike Ni]

Thanks for the information!

Did you have the two OS(window, linux) installed and
booted up from the same CPU  unit? 

I want to have them (window/linux) boot up from the
same unit. Yet, I am a little worried about the
firmware such as TCP/IP, etc.


Your thoughts? 

Mikey
--- Joshua <joshuajunk@cybertrails.com> wrote:
> I use a setup exactly like this and it works fine
> for me. The only thing
> I have found is that you need to select each system
> when booting(both
> windows and linux). I would also recommend not
> getting a USB KVM they
> seem too have more problems with varying OSes than
> the others and they
> may even need specific drivers installed to work
> correctly.
> 
> Joshua
> -----------
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org
> [mailto:linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf
> Of Mike Ni
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 5:36 PM
> To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Share monitor/keyboard with Window
> 
> Hey Folks, 
> 
> I want to configure the linux system in a way that
> it
> can share the "monitor", "keyboard" & "mouse" with a
> Window system via a "KVM switch box". 
> 
> Instead of spending money on the monitor/keyboard, I
> thought maybe the two opeerating system can share
> one.
> 
> 
> Does anyone have done similiar thing? Your feedback
> please. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Mikey
> 
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