On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 21:43 +0000, peter green wrote:
> > Not really. Remember, the switching function of a KVM is actually more
> > complicated then just switching.
> >
> > Modern KVMs "trick" the connected PCs into thinking the keyboard and
> > monitor are always connected, even when that machine isn't the one
> > current selected.
> >   
> Thats not so important with USB though, you can force your monitors 
> (many KVM switches screw up monitor identification anyway in my 
> experiance) resoloution to be right on all of the machines and let usb's 
> hotplugging support deal with the switching of the keyboard and mouse.

I disagree. A PC trying to boot without a keyboard or mouse attached is
most certainly problematic. This isn't restricted to just the BIOS, even
the OS can get "angry" if things aren't attached.

Also, without keyboard emulation you loose state information, having to
hit numlock every time you switch views can get very tiring...

TTYL
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