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su - user with tcsh hangs UPDATE: really a quota problem SUMMARY

i didn't know solaris 8 was based on windows NT. A reboot took away the problem with running quota. Dave Lowenstein Programmer/Analyst Instructional Technology Services San Diego State University (619)594-0270 http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/its

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SUMMARY: Master View USB KVM switch on Sun Blade 150?

Exec summary: According to ATEN the ACS-1724 KVM is not supported for Sun USB; but the CS-104U KVM is. Setting firmware variable "input-device" to "keyboard!" didn't work for me; must be deprecated for the Sun Blade 150. [When I tried the above I did get it to boot, but then it wouldn't startx (presumably becuase there is no keyboard). I could telnet in from another machine without problem, but when I used the KVM and switched back to the Sun box in question I got a kernel crash. ] The details.... -- Steve Flaherty writes: I had a similar problem with an IOGear MiniView USB KVM switch. I could see the video, and I could use my Sun USB keyboard and mouse with the three PC's on the other ports, but I could not use the keyboard and mouse on my Blade 100 when attached through the KVM switch. IOGear's website claims that Sun uses a "proprietary" USB interface, and that their KVM switches won't work with the Sun machines. I was able to return the KVM switch and get my money back, but I still would like that capability. http://www.iogear.com/support/til/index.php?func=TILDisplay&TIL_ID=10071 I will look into purchasing the NTI product, but it is much more expensive than the IOGear KVM switch. I checked out the Aten website, afer finding the description "MasterView ACS1724" there. It looks like Aten is the OEM for the IOGear products that I tried. The exact same support message describing the problems with Sun USB is on the Aten site as is on the IOGear site. -- Jason Bufford writes: I have had nothing but trouble getting our Sun Blade 100s to work with ATEN equipment. We tried using ATEN USB/PS2 converters to hook our boxes up to Cybex and Raritan switches and they didnt work - we had to use Raritan brand converters. My theory is that the Blades need to get some kind of response from the USB device and the ATENs either dont respond or respond in a manner that confuses the OpenBoot PROM. Have you tried other brands of USB KVMs? -- I got in touch with a past Sun firmware developer. Mitch says: The firmware polls the keyboard to ask for information like what kind of keyboard it is and which country the keycaps are localized for. If the KVM isn't responding to the poll, then the firmware doesn't think the keyboard is present. Some KVMs are smart enough to spoof the poll and supply the correct answer (or at least an answer). It used to be possible to force the firmware to use the keyboard anyway by setting input-device to keyboard!, e.g.: ok setenv input-device keyboard! If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what to suggest. -- ATEN product support says: Thanks for using ATEN product. Actully,The CS-1724 can't support SUN solaris system. The our other products CS-104U and CS-102U can support it .

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su - user with tcsh hangs UPDATE: really a quota problem SUMMARY

i didn't know solaris 8 was based on windows NT. A reboot took away the problem with running quota. Dave Lowenstein Programmer/Analyst Instructional Technology Services San Diego State University (619)594-0270 http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/its

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SUMMARY: Master View USB KVM switch on Sun Blade 150?

Exec summary: According to ATEN the ACS-1724 KVM is not supported for Sun USB; but the CS-104U KVM is. Setting firmware variable "input-device" to "keyboard!" didn't work for me; must be deprecated for the Sun Blade 150. [When I tried the above I did get it to boot, but then it wouldn't startx (presumably becuase there is no keyboard). I could telnet in from another machine without problem, but when I used the KVM and switched back to the Sun box in question I got a kernel crash. ] The details.... -- Steve Flaherty writes: I had a similar problem with an IOGear MiniView USB KVM switch. I could see the video, and I could use my Sun USB keyboard and mouse with the three PC's on the other ports, but I could not use the keyboard and mouse on my Blade 100 when attached through the KVM switch. IOGear's website claims that Sun uses a "proprietary" USB interface, and that their KVM switches won't work with the Sun machines. I was able to return the KVM switch and get my money back, but I still would like that capability. http://www.iogear.com/support/til/index.php?func=TILDisplay&TIL_ID=10071 I will look into purchasing the NTI product, but it is much more expensive than the IOGear KVM switch. I checked out the Aten website, afer finding the description "MasterView ACS1724" there. It looks like Aten is the OEM for the IOGear products that I tried. The exact same support message describing the problems with Sun USB is on the Aten site as is on the IOGear site. -- Jason Bufford writes: I have had nothing but trouble getting our Sun Blade 100s to work with ATEN equipment. We tried using ATEN USB/PS2 converters to hook our boxes up to Cybex and Raritan switches and they didnt work - we had to use Raritan brand converters. My theory is that the Blades need to get some kind of response from the USB device and the ATENs either dont respond or respond in a manner that confuses the OpenBoot PROM. Have you tried other brands of USB KVMs? -- I got in touch with a past Sun firmware developer. Mitch says: The firmware polls the keyboard to ask for information like what kind of keyboard it is and which country the keycaps are localized for. If the KVM isn't responding to the poll, then the firmware doesn't think the keyboard is present. Some KVMs are smart enough to spoof the poll and supply the correct answer (or at least an answer). It used to be possible to force the firmware to use the keyboard anyway by setting input-device to keyboard!, e.g.: ok setenv input-device keyboard! If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what to suggest. -- ATEN product support says: Thanks for using ATEN product. Actully,The CS-1724 can't support SUN solaris system. The our other products CS-104U and CS-102U can support it .