I use  a usb keyboard/mouse switch.  One push on it and input goes to the other machine.  I use the monitors/tv multiport to switch hdmi via the tv remote.  The reviews i read on hdmi switches indicated a lot of reliability issues,  and i also run my monitor at 4k which is likely to cause more issues with a already unreliable hdmi switch.

On Sun, Jul 2, 2023, 7:38 AM Robert Moskowitz <rgm@htt-consult.com> wrote:
Switching to direct HDMI works.  System recognized the HDMI immediately.

I am going to have to shop for an affordable HDMI KVM.  Previously I
always had one old system that was VGA only.  No longer, so it is off to
ebay for a good and cheap KVM.

Sigh.

thanks all.

On 7/2/23 08:28, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I am busy making notes of all this so hopefully I will remember next
> time.
>
> Provided I am not asleep on my a again.
>
> Frustrating.  I am going to dig up an HDMI cable and try a direct
> connect. before switching to the other x140e.
>
> On 7/1/23 17:00, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> On Sat, 2023-07-01 at 13:18 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>>> On 7/1/23 08:37, stan via users wrote:
>>>> failed with no package, he should know to use
>>>> rpm -qf /usr/bin/xrandr or rpm -qf /usr/sbin/xrandr
>>>> to find out which package owns that executable so he can install
>>>> it.
>>> That only works if the package is already installed.
>> According to the man page (dnf(8)):
>>
>> Install Examples
>> ...
>>        dnf install vim
>>                DNF  will  automatically  recognize  that vim is not a
>> package name, but will look up and install a package that provides
>> vim with all the required dependencies.
>>                Note: Package name match has precedence over package
>> provides match.
>>
>> poc
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