Help, KVM ate my keyboard!
February 20, 2009 12:08 PM Subscribe
When my Server 2003 desktop auto locks, the keyboard becomes unresponsive while the mouse continues to work. Anyone had a similar experience? No indicators in any of the logs. Running Dell 2950 and Avocent AMX KVM.
The easiest way to recover is to initiate and console RDP connection from another machine, upon which the keyboard regains consciousness.
The easiest way to recover is to initiate and console RDP connection from another machine, upon which the keyboard regains consciousness.
Response by poster: Thanks for the details and suggestion, unfortunately I need the desktop to continue auto locking.
posted by masher at 1:36 PM on February 20, 2009
posted by masher at 1:36 PM on February 20, 2009
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I don't have a fix, nor have I looked into it that deeply - I've just been using VNC as a workaround. I didn't notice that the problem was being caused by the screen locking, though - for that I would probably just disable the screen saver, as I often do with KVM-connected boxes.
posted by pocams at 1:02 PM on February 20, 2009