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Albretch
12-26-2008, 10:48 PM
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I am trying a 4 port mindview KVM
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While booting I feed the Linux kernel the start up options:
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knoppix init 2 xmodule=vesa acpi=off noapic noapm depth=16 fb1024x768 bootfrom=/dev/hd<x#>/...
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I only need to share the monitor which is a flat ACER AL1916W, so I keep the PS2 mouse(s?) and keyboards separately connected to each of the 2 boxes
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when I am dropped to the command prompt I mount the partitions I need and go "startx", but then the KVM goes dead (no led shines). ~
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After plugging in the connectors to other ports I manage to make it work, but then the screen is intermittently going black specially at the beginning or when a new window opens up, even within a browser
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Why is that happening? How can I fix it? is this related to the OS, or is ti a power or some other type of problem?
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Which KVM works for you?
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Thanks
lbrtchx

Albretch
12-27-2008, 01:09 AM
using
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xmodule=fbdev
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apparently fixed in in my case and this is my base:
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sh-3.1# dmesg | grep video
Boot video device is 0000:00:02.0
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sh-3.1# dmesg | grep agp
Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
agpgart: Detected an Intel 845G Chipset.
agpgart: Detected 8060K stolen memory.
agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0x88000000
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sh-3.1# dmesg | grep vga
Kernel command line: ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 initrd=minirt.gz nomce loglevel=0 quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix BOOT_IMAGE=linux init 2 xmodule=fbdev acpi=off noapic noapm depth=16 fb1024x768 bootfrom=/dev/hdd2/knpx_5.1.1.iso
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Is there anything I could do better or I should know about relating to this problem?
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lbrtchx