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I have the same setup and use the following software to send the switch signal to the monitor.

https://github.com/haimgel/display-switch

Learned about this on HN a few months ago. Less than 20 minutes to set it up with a cheapo USB KVM switch and it works great. I have a Model M keyboard plugged into a PS/2-USB adapter and the switches don't even confuse the keyboard.

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