KVM Recommendations
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Dalek Dave wrote:
No, they are the little round ones! and a usb mouse.
I just want to check that I understand you o.k. You want to access an old PC and a new PC using 1 Monitor, 1 Keybord and 1 Mouse all connected to a KVM? If so, I would recommend switching to a PS2 mouse or putting a converter on the USB mouse because a PS2 KVM is simpler and you have less chance of someone trying to plug something else into the USB port on the KVM.
Dalek Dave wrote:
Actually a concern from the user is that as he is getting a wide screen monitor, will that affect the aspect ratio of the old pc.
It shouldn't be a problem, just set the resolution on the old PC so that it work with the wide-screen.
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Assuming the graphics card / built-in stuff can support a widescreen resolution. Or at least a larger resolution so that everything isn't scaled, then stretched.
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We use two by Level 1, with a quite good cable design - single cable from KVM to PC, splits up at the last cm's into VGA+2xPS/2 for one PC, and VGA/USB for the other. Switching is done using keyboard (Ctrl-Ctrl-1 or Ctrl-Ctrl-2 in sequence). Alternatively, there's Synergy[^], which lets you control two PCs from one keyboard/mouse over the network. Quite nice as you just need the network cable - however, I never succeeded them to start automatically.
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My first real C# project | Linkify!|FoldWithUs! | sighistpeterchen wrote:
however, I never succeeded them to start automatically.
mine starts automatically no problem, it's even installed as an XP service. What was the problem?
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just don't try running full screen via synergy. You'll minimize the app the moment your cursor touches the edge of the screen. :mad::omg: Multiplicity doesn't have that defect but is windows only and is commercial software.
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dan neely wrote:
You'll minimize the app the moment your cursor touches the edge of the screen.
since when? I have never seen this. I just maximized a few apps to be sure. There is a problem with running Wing Commander Saga using a synergy mouse/keyboard, but I don't consider "that" a major show-stopper. I have never seen this bug with full screen, so I am very confused. I use Synergy everyday, even in a multi-os environment I have few problems.
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dan neely wrote:
You'll minimize the app the moment your cursor touches the edge of the screen.
since when? I have never seen this. I just maximized a few apps to be sure. There is a problem with running Wing Commander Saga using a synergy mouse/keyboard, but I don't consider "that" a major show-stopper. I have never seen this bug with full screen, so I am very confused. I use Synergy everyday, even in a multi-os environment I have few problems.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Full screen, not maximized. This happened last spring with 3 games from different publishers, and with 2 different media players. MY system was running XPpro32. Synergy would've been whatever the stable version at the time was. I'll check when I get home tonight and try a newer one.
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Full screen, not maximized. This happened last spring with 3 games from different publishers, and with 2 different media players. MY system was running XPpro32. Synergy would've been whatever the stable version at the time was. I'll check when I get home tonight and try a newer one.
-- If you view money as inherently evil, I view it as my duty to assist in making you more virtuous.
dan neely wrote:
Full screen, not maximized.
I understand. I guess we use a different way of getting full-screen. Both our product and several other OpenGL based full screen software images work fine. The cursor leaves our software, travels to the second monitor of the same system, then to the linux machine without problem. Though perhaps that is the saving grace? I have one local monitor between the full-screen app and the remote linux Synergy display, even though Linux is serving the mouse/keyboard.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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dan neely wrote:
Full screen, not maximized.
I understand. I guess we use a different way of getting full-screen. Both our product and several other OpenGL based full screen software images work fine. The cursor leaves our software, travels to the second monitor of the same system, then to the linux machine without problem. Though perhaps that is the saving grace? I have one local monitor between the full-screen app and the remote linux Synergy display, even though Linux is serving the mouse/keyboard.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Hmmm I suppose openGL vs DX9 could be a possible issue. Do you know anywhere I could get an openGL demo app to test with?
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dan neely wrote:
Do you know anywhere I could get an openGL demo app to test with?
how about Nehe, I had to go back and find one that would be publically available to you and Nehe jumped to mind. I ran Lesson 19 which I used years ago for starting my particle engine work. Choosing full screen still allows me to travel from monitor to monitor (even though I cannot see the cursor when it is present on the full-screen app). http://nehe.gamedev.net/data/lessons/lesson.asp?lesson=19[^]
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peterchen wrote:
however, I never succeeded them to start automatically.
mine starts automatically no problem, it's even installed as an XP service. What was the problem?
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Never figured out how to run it so it doesn't need manual configuration after start, no matter in which order PCs are started. But maybe running it as a service does the trick...
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My first real C# project | Linkify!|FoldWithUs! | sighist -
just don't try running full screen via synergy. You'll minimize the app the moment your cursor touches the edge of the screen. :mad::omg: Multiplicity doesn't have that defect but is windows only and is commercial software.
-- If you view money as inherently evil, I view it as my duty to assist in making you more virtuous.
It's a focus problem as I understand it. Synergy removes focus from the current application on the monitor you leave - probably to to help you see the active monitor easier (which is nice), my first guess would be setting focus to an invisible /size(0,0) window. FullScreen applications usually don't like this - IIRC it keeps you out of trouble with DirectX, too.
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My first real C# project | Linkify!|FoldWithUs! | sighist -
Never figured out how to run it so it doesn't need manual configuration after start, no matter in which order PCs are started. But maybe running it as a service does the trick...
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
My first real C# project | Linkify!|FoldWithUs! | sighistpeterchen wrote:
Never figured out how to run it so it doesn't need manual configuration after start
hmmmm... create config file, test, start as service if working, works like a charm for windows. Linux is a little more tricky, but not much more.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)