Re: [TCLUG:13459] Frozen Solid with KVM Switch was "EEP! NOT GOOD!!"

["Brian J. Ackermann" <brian_ackermann@bbros.com>]

Yes, all bios settings are disabled, and APM support is not compiled in...

The KVM is a Cybex SwitchView
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>From: Troy Johnson <john1536@tc.umn.edu>
>To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
>Subject: Re: [TCLUG:13459] Frozen Solid with KVM Switch was "EEP!  NOT GOOD!!"
>Date: Tue, Feb 8, 2000, 1:12 PM
>

>Brian,
>
>Have you shut off all BIOS "energy saving" parameters? What kind of KVM
>switch is it?
>
>I am including the next bit, not because it will help you, but because
>the topic is similar.
>
>I have had a strange problem with a Win98/RH6 box locking and rebooting.
>It was (and is) attached to a Belkin KVM switch, but the problem
>revealed itself when I saw gpm using 9% of the processor when I ssh-ed
>from another machine (the KVM switch should have been saying "I'm
>connected and doing nothing", not "I'm doing so much I'd like 9% of the
>processor time please"). I unplugged the KVM mouse cable from the PS/2
>mouse port and use a serial mouse and everything is fine (with that box)
>now. :-| I still use the KVM's PS/2 keyboard and video, but having two
>mice around is annoying. That is why, I suppose, people recommend the
>more expensive KVM switches ;-).
>
>Good luck, 
>
>Troy
>
>"Brian J. Ackermann" wrote:
>> 
>> Ok, so I've got this firewall up and running now.
>> 
>> Everythings great.  Its attached to a keyboard/mouse/monitor share switch.
>> It appears that a few times out of 100 when the firewall machine 'goes to
>> sleep' when the switch is pointing to another computer, the firewall machine
>> freezes solid.
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