Re: SV 125 PS2 to Sun converter issue (keyboard not detected)

You are correct in the fact that this particular one (SV 125) is not
powered separately.  It works fine in Solaris as well as at the "Forth"
{ok} prompt.

I have not hooked it up to a KVM yet, at this point, I am testing it
with a normal PS2 keyboard and mouse.  I have tried multiple keyboards.

It should be noted as well that when I use the machine with the PS2
keyboard that I cannot enter any text, but when I shut it down remotely
I can then see text that I tried to enter with the PS2 keyboard at the
"Forth" {ok} prompt.

If anyone happens to remember which combinations (machine & converter)
have worked, please let me know.

Thanks for the help so far.

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Theo de Raadt <[email protected]>
wrote:
>> I am using a Starview PS2 to Sun converter (SV 125), here is a link:
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817707030
>>
>> I have installed 4.8-RELEASE onto a Sun Ultra 80 (sparc64), it works
>> great with the Sun keyboard / mouse.  However, when a PS2 keyboard /
>> mouse is plugged in, the keyboard is not detected.  My ultimate goal
>> is to hook this machine up to a PS2 KVM.
>
> I have used various kinds of these in the past, some with success and
> some not.  The real issue is that some KVM's confuse the converter
> and something goes wrong.
>
> This one doesn't have a seperate power feed, right?  Those suck power
> off the keyboard and video connectors.  Well, the black one I have
> sucks it off both...
>
> I don't think we are doing anything very wrong, except perhaps it is
> timing related...