lost my Monitor/keyboard
I have 3 linux machines which share a keyboard/monitor via a simple data switch. One of them has recently lost contact, with both keyboard and Monitor.
I don't think it's the switch, because I changed to an empty port and got the same result.
Perhaps the video card failed, but I would expect that I could still log, typing into the dark. Checking the log files from a telnet session on another machine shows that this is not happening....
This is a machine I really do not want to reboot if there is a chance that I'll have to muck about with new parts to get it going again.
Any advice on debugging this problem??
Jim Roy
try ripping out the switch and plugging the stuff straign into the box or else swap with another set of ports that work on another box. Is everything ok when you shell into it remoteley?
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I have 3 linux machines which share a keyboard/monitor via a simple data switch. One of them has recently lost contact, with both keyboard and Monitor.
I don't think it's the switch, because I changed to an empty port and got the same result.
Perhaps the video card failed, but I would expect that I could still log, typing into the dark. Checking the log files from a telnet session on another machine shows that this is not happening....
This is a machine I really do not want to reboot if there is a chance that I'll have to muck about with new parts to get it going again.
Any advice on debugging this problem??
Jim Roy
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Mat Harris OpenGPG Public Key ID: CC14DD34 [email protected] www.genestate.com
on "8-19-2002" "jim roy" writ:
: via a simple data switch.
... i don't know what you mean by 'simple' , but it doesn't sound adequate for complex signal processing.
my first kvm died a little bit at a time , and more or less echos
what you describe. the fact that 'some' of it works, and you're able to log-on via telnet, points to the switch, which handles both keyboard and video i/o.
: This is a machine I really do not want to reboot if there : is a chance that I'll have to muck about with new parts : to get it going again.
i'll hazard the opinion, that you'll be a lot better of if it's the
switch rather than a concurent keyboard/video failure.
should a new switch be required, you might try this to avoid a reboot.
power down the switch, and cable up its replacement. then power up
the new device, and reset it ...
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... i'm a man, but i can change,
if i have to , i guess ...