KVM Switch doesn't work

From: Mark (mkhuebner_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/29/05


Date: 29 Oct 2005 12:48:51 -0700

I have a KVM USB 2.0 switch connected to my Thinkpad laptop and my
Athlon desktop computer. The KVM Switch is from Cables Unlimited (I
just bought it at TigerDirect). I have a removable drive drawer
installed on my desktop computer. When I have Windows running on both
computers, the KVM switch works ok (i.e., hitting the Scroll Lock key
twice switches which computer my monitor is connected to). However,
when I boot up Red Hat Linux 9 on my desktop the KVM switch no longer
works. I think the X-Window system is disabling the Scroll Lock key.
Is there any way to get my KVM switch to work with Linux? Thanks!

Mark



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