Subj : Bluetooth To Ethernet To : Ky Moffet From : Barry Martin Date : Sat Apr 25 2026 17:25:00 Hi Ky! > KM> You can get knockoff brand-X models for about $75. Or name-brand > KM> for $400 and up. > I tried to find the price I paid for mine but didn't; did find it's > resolution spec: 3840*2160 4K/30Hz, so isn't a cheap one. Also came KM> Nope, nowhere near a cheap one, but probably an early 4K-capable KM> since it only does 30Hz at that setting. It is a few years old and I hadn't planned on using it for a resolution much over 1920x1080 (anything higher than that is hard to read!) it was fine. Plus figure I'm nowhere near the max capacity so should be plenty of overhear available. > across some old notes and correspondence: had video issues where > sometimes get a rainbow type overlay and sort of micro-pixelated: like > looking through a screen: can see the display, just not clear. (May > have been temporarily corrected by switching to another output source, KM> Sort of grainy-looking coulda been disagreeing with the monitor's KM> refresh rate. I think I have the video out (card) and video in (monitor) set either to match or at least be close (59.5 Hz - 60 Hz type of closeness). LIS, usually switching to another source and back makes everybody happy again. > then back as I came across two pictures, one rainbowed and screened. the > other clear. ...Doesn't explain the source-switching.) KM> Gremlins. Don't feed after midnight -- but which time zone?! > > Most (maybe all) of the computers I can remotely view using either > > Remmina or TigerVNC -- depends on if the remote system uses X11 or > > Wayland. So far there are three systems I need to use NoMachine to > > remotely view. > KM> Wayland now has the ability to retain scaling across systems. I > KM> don't believe X has that, but it's a game changer for those who > KM> use a KVM or multiple monitors. > Is that a clue? At the time I was was using X11; Wayland was out but > not in common use yet. KM> Wayland has now pretty much taken over. But X was a lot more KM> likely to behave disagreeably when it didn't understand KM> something. Well, that might explain the KVM switch misbehaving. The switch may start behaving as the attached equipment gets updated to Wayland. ....Doesn't really explain why all of a sudden it will chirp/swich channels, other than a Gremlin got fed at the wrong time. > KM> Or it doesn't entirely understand one of your video outputs. If > KM> one is HDMI and the switch lacks EDID that can cause confused > KM> behavior. > My KVM Switch specs states it supports EDID. KM> Sufficiently newfangled, then. Seems so. So the problem might be the computers. Don't think the monitor as I have had probably four different ones connected --> not a problem with the monitors, just stuff like the monitor could work better in another location. Get caught up (ha!) I'll have to play with the KVM switch again: right now I don't know which cable is connected and which is not. Good news: I did label both ends at the original installation, just with trying to figure out the problem some cables were disconnected. > KM> I've never seen that, and my 27" from 2013 has been plugged into > KM> some very old (as in 16bit) video cards. Of course that card > KM> outputs 320x200 resolution, but the monitor doesn't care. > As long as the monitor goes down that far! KM> It will just display things huge, and a bit stretched side to KM> side. So who needs reading glasses!! > KM> You can run a two-stroke lawn mower on 4:1 gas:oil (correct mix > KM> is more like 20:1 or even 50:1), which would be a lot heavier mix > KM> than diesel... it'll smoke a lot but man the power... ask me how > KM> I know this. > And if it was self-propelled the neighbours would be seeing Ky holding > on for dear life, flapping in the wind!! KM> That would be my little Craftsman riding mower... if you disable KM> the governor, those things will do 60mph!! The Craftsman stuff used to be built pretty good; I don't know about now as the brandname has been sold. > > Or what's known as "Ky's Rule": "sometimes". > KM> LOL. We make it happen! > Just because the specs say something..... KM> Random gibberish. Under perfect operating conditions.... ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® .... To whoever stole my antidepressants, I hope you're happy! --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA þ RNET 2.10U: ILink: Techware BBS þ Hollywood, Ca þ www.techware2k.com --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com (454:1/1) .