From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jeffrey C Honig Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: USB KVM switch that does not eat control characters Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:07:07 -0400 Organization: Wind River Systems; Trumansburg, NY USA Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1088537512 23496 80.91.224.253 (29 Jun 2004 19:31:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:31:52 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 29 21:31:41 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BfNxx-0004fs-00 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:08:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BfNzc-0002Ue-QM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:10:08 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:PZRQp8qsjw5EgapHL4ePY/hqtiw= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 24 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:123783 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:19248 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19248 I've been using a Belkin 2-port USB KVM switch for a while to switch between a couple PCs. I'm actually only using the keyboard/mouse switching and using x2vnc to control two monitors. I have serveral problems with this KVM switch that impact emacs most of all, so I thought I would ask here first. First, the meta keys (ctl, alt) appear to time out, if I hold down the control key I am eventually typing normal characters. Also, F7 is interpreted as a hot key and not passed. These problems were apparently fixed by a firmware upgrade. The problem is that after this firmware upgrade, two presses on the control key within two seconds are now the hot key sequence. Even if I hit other characters than control in between (so ^X4^U will be interpreted as a hot key sequence). Anyone have experience with a USB KVM that doesn't interfere with control characters? Thanks. Jeff