[AG-TECH] Omnivew Matrix troubles

[Jeff Olsen]

The KVM switch is definitely the problem, I have not experienced anything 
like this with the keyboard mouse directly hooked up to it. The hangup 
happened again while I was troubleshooting it and now on my Video capture 
machine when I start up X I do not get a desktop.......ugh. I am beginning 
to think it may be related to the mouse but am running out of patience with 
the whole thing.

Maybe this product should not be part of the recommended hardware list.




At 08:54 PM 10/9/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Very interesting - we've certainly had Linux  machine lockups
>that required hard reboot, and now and then I've had sporadic
>behaviour out of the Belkin, but never related the two
>problems.
>
>I assume you've done something that absolutely convinces you
>that the Belkin is the problem?  The fact that Linux locks
>up at all, of course, is something "different" as it tends
>to be quite stable but, I figured maybe there was something
>about the AG apps running on it that pushed it in ways that
>other Linux machines don't experience.
>
>Charles Parks wrote:
> >
> > Funny you should mention that -- we're having the same problem here. I 
> was going to send ours back as defective and get another, but if other 
> people are having similar problems perhaps we'll go with something else.
> >
> > If you're looking for suggestions, I've had good experiences with Cybex 
> switches.
> >
> > Chuck Parks <cjparks at ufl.edu>
> > University of Florida
> > IT Center System Administration
> > 1.352.392.3900
> > >>> Jeff Olsen <jeffo at llnl.gov> 10/09/01 15:22 PM >>>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Anyone out there had problems with their keyboard and mouse freezing with
> > the 2x8 matrix kvm switch? I have contacted Belkin with the only
> > suggestions of not using Logitech drivers which I have removed with no
> > success. I am using the switch with Dell systems. The Linux systems hang to
> > the point where I cannot even ssh into them to do a graceful 
> restart....scary.
> >
> > Thanks for any advice!
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > Jeff Olsen
> > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
> > 7000 East ave, MS L-541
> >   Livermore, CA 94550
> > (925) 423-1023
>
>
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Jeff Olsen
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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  Livermore, CA 94550
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