"modern" KVM that works?

[Richard Kolb II]

Not that it matters, but I use a 12v composite video monitor with my pi.  I
even upgraded from the 4.3" to 7".


On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Tom Buskey <tom at buskey.name> wrote:

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> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 7:31 AM, David Rysdam <david at rysdam.org> wrote:
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>> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> writes:
>> > The two vendors I avoid like the plague are IOGear and Belkin.
>>
>>
> I've used an older Belkin that could do 4 ports w/ a parallel cable that
> were ok.  I have an OmniView 4 port that's old enough to support serial
> mice that works well at home.
> I have another Belkin Omniview Pro 3 at work that randomly repeats keys
> (including backspace) enough that I use a usb cable.
>
> I've used a raretin(?) that had a propriatary remote access.  That was
> flaky but the local stuff was ok.  RJ45 to keyboard/video adapters were
> $100 ea but could do PC, Sun, PS/2, USB.
>
> I've used Avocent in the past and we just got one at work with remote
> access that I'll hook up in a week.
>
> All of this is complicated by me not doing a lot of the gruntwork
>> myself. I'm trying to get my 15-year-old programmer hardware-trained and
>> I frequently find that the most basic instruction ("try booting it when
>> you're set to that KVM input") somehow ends up with breaking out
>> needlenose pliers to fix a connector....
>>
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> Honestly, if I could make everything serial, I would.  Cheaper per port,
> remote access is easy, scales, works for multiple users w/ a bit of work,
> can log output and doesn't break.
>
> /rant
> I cry inside when I see someone take a perfectly good Sun Sparc server
> with serial console and install a keyboard, mouse and graphics card.  Just
> because you're used to PCs doesn't mean every computer works like that.
> Lots of network gear has a serial console as well.
> /end
>
> So, there's a 3 pin to usb that gives you a usb serial port on the RasPi
> (Adafruit).  I usually ssh to the RasPi and use VNC if I need a GUI.
>
> However, that doesn't really help you :-/.  I'd imagine mixing HDMI and
> VGA is going to be an issue for any KVM.
>
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