lost my Monitor/keyboard
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: By 'simple', I mean that it's not a KVM. It does : no signal processing at all as far as I know.
... i really suspect that's your problem.
as i understand it, a more substantial kvm presents a constant
connection to the i/o channels that are not in use. breaking those have been a problem for me in the past.
i think you would be well served to upgrade. both of my kvms died,
and were replaced with 'belkin' devices, and i've had absolutely no problem with them. one caveat however. make sure the switch supports the port types you intend to use. i.e. , a kvm ps2 via adapter to /dev/ttySn is sorta ugly ...
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... i'm a man, but i can change,
if i have to , i guess ...