[Discuss] kvm switch.

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2007-06-14 13:51-0700 R. Langkamer wrote:

> On 6/14/07 7:59 AM, Lloyd Budd wrote:
>
>> I stopped using a KVM a long time ago (except in industrial settings),
>> http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
>
>
> 	Synergy is great! However, it is only useful if you have a display on 
> the machine. For headless use, a KVM is the only way for local access.

I am not familiar with Synergy, but I assume it uses X networking
facilities, and in general X allows you to run X clients (e.g., KDE, GNOME)
on a remote headless machine and display the results using the X server
(which is only in charge of keyboard, mouse, and monitor) on your local
machine.  So have you tried that arrangement with Synergy, i.e., using a
keyboard that is connected to the machine with the display? (It sounds like
you were trying the reverse with keyboard connected to the headless machine
which of course will not work since headless means no local display is
possible.)

Alan
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