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I've been having a lot of problems with DisplayPort KVMs. I have a 4K monitor and at the time of purchase, I think DisplayPort had better specs. But there are v
by pkaye 7y ago
I've been having a lot of problems with DisplayPort KVMs. I have a 4K monitor and at the time of purchase, I think DisplayPort had better specs. But there are very few KVMs at the 4K resolution. The one I got was literally a switch in the sense that it didn't emulate the video and usb on the disconnected side. There seems to be lots of problems with disconnected DisplayPort devices and drivers. For Linux I found that shutting off the monitor would result in the video not coming back on unless I manually did a "xset dpms" call through ssh. In the end I now got a cheap second monitor and a USB switch for the keyboard/mouse. It just takes up a lot more space.
- pro_zac 7y agoNow that you have a second monitor, might as well use Synergy for keyboard and mouse sharing! https://symless.com/synergy https://symless.com/synergy
- pkaye 7y agoYes I'm planning to do that. But I think that doesn't work on bootup so the USB switch is still useful (its pretty compact and simple anyway)
- pro_zac 7y agoIt works from boot on Windows 10. I only have to use a second keyboard for my bitlocker.
- redblacktree15 7y agoThat product is walking dead. Use https://github.com/debauchee/barrier https://github.com/debauchee/barrier which forked the last open source version.
- pro_zac 7y agoThanks! Will definitely give that a look since Synergy rolled back version 2 to beta.
- pault 7y agoI've been using this[0] kvm with a 4k 60hz HDR monitor. The only problem I have with it is the mouse and keyboard emulation doesn't work with my more exotic QMK keyboard mappings and the fancy features on my Logitech mouse, but I think that would be the case on any kvm. Edit: whoops, missed that you're looking for DP. For what it's worth I'm using HDMI for all of the above with no performance issues. [0] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CWR31PN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_bS9eDbBMKHWBK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CWR31PN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_bS...
- pkaye 7y agoYes that was my next choice however I decided the $108 could be better spent on a separate monitor. Does that thing have a keyboard switch feature?