From: CAREY SCHUG via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org>
ignoramus here, who owns multiple KVMs.
I do. I have three going now. Various models. Each for a different collection of computers. Each supports four computers: switches supporting more are much more expensive. I have a couple that are no longer used: - PS/2 KM and DVI V - PS/2 KM and VGA V I have three broken ones: USB part no longer working. Roughly this model, but red: <https://www.amazon.ca/TESmart-Switching-Switcher-Computers-Keyboard/dp/B0CC8DR8SF/ref=ast_sto_dp_puis> Bought long ago at a significantly lower price. Why not PiKVM? - much more expensive per host -- starts at about $100. (recently I paid $40 for a 4 port KVM from AliExpress) - lower resolution
If kvm comes back before monitors (likely as less electronics to reset), won't it have bad info about the monitors to give out when asked?
Apparently not. My other KVMs work. The KVM could know when a monitor is connected and powered on.