KVM and how stupid I am

I got problem with my KVM cable – the mouse was having problem to keep connection with the KVM adapter so it stopped working from time to time, and because of the adapter is sort of loose so I have to unplug-plug for couple of times to make it work.

So I opened ticket to IT, somebody pinged me this morning and we started trying to figure out what’s the problem and what’s the best way to solve it.

Then, the IT guy asked me, “How many devices are you currently connecting to the KVM?”, I said “two but I’m using only one of them as I need to have both desktop and laptop screens at the same time” …

WAIT – suddenly I found how stupid I am – I actually don’t need the KVM at all, I can just pull it out and throw away, and let keyboard/mouse and monitor connect to the RHEL box directly, so that I don’t have to worry about any problem from KVM at all.

So I told him what I want to do, and quick the live chat (yea, live chat is better than phone call), unplug mouse and keyboard from KVM, plug into the RHEL box, everything is set.

I have to say, sometime people just get into the corner, this is why there is always the training of “Think out of box”. 😀