[OT] USB KVM switches

[Eric Smith]

I wrote:
> And I sure wish I could find some *reliable* USB KVM switches.  Ideally
> without spending an arm and a leg, but given that the inexpensive ones
> are terrible, maybe I'd be willing to spend real money for one that
> actually works.
> Given that USB and the HID class have much more well-defined
> specifications
> than the PS/2 keyboard port, it astonishes me that USB KVM switches are
> so bad.

Doc Shipley wrote:
>    Most of them - maybe all - assume Windows.  Don't ask me how a KVM
> that works with PCs running Windows WON'T work correctly with the same
> PCs running Linux or *BSD, but it's common.

The Belkin specifically claims to support Linux and MacOS X, and
exhibits the same defect with both.  I have not tried it with Windows.

>    I had an 8-port Aten KVM that works reliably and perfectly with PCs,
[...]
>    I recently spent the arm & leg on a Raritan 16-port MasterConsole II,

Thanks, I'll look into both of those.

Eric