[AG-TECH] Omnivew Matrix troubles

[Bob Riddle]

for what its worth - I've only used the Raritan switches on the 3 units I've built and have never had this problem.  This might mean I'm lucky or that the atmospheric conditions in Ann Arbor are more suitable to KVM
operation than other places.

: )

(I'm just kidding about the 2nd part.)

Don Morton 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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> Don Morton                      http://www.cs.umt.edu/~morton/
> Department of Computer Science       The University of Montana
> Missoula, MT 59812 | Voice (406) 243-4975 | Fax (406) 243-5139

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