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[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

James Knott wrote:
> jdd wrote:
> > Aaron Kulkis a écrit :
> >
> > > Like everyone is installing the nightly kernels....
> > >
> > > I typically go several WEEKS without rebooting. And that
> > > has to do more with memory leaks in apps than the OS itself.
> > may be, but it's always at the bed time :-). I also do many video
> > compile (~4/5 hours) and dvd burning that are better done on a
> > separate computer
> >
> > and a good kvm module is expensive (more than keyboard/mouse). The
> > problem is the display, but I have a laptop and a good CRT for photo,
> > so...
> >
> > jdd
> Also, Linux tends to have a problem with the mouse, if a KVM is used. 
> If z-axis is enabled, the mouse will go crazy, when switching systems. 
> This definitely happens with PS/2, but I don't know about USB switches.

That depends on the KVM.
Well-designed KVM's that don't let voltages float don't
induce that problem.  The difference between a well-designed
KVM and not is one resistor per computer-side mouse connection,
which comes to a manufacturing side cost of about $0.05




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