* usb keyboards @ Scott Howell ` Alex Snow 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Scott Howell @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Folks, was curious, I have a machine that currently has a keyboard connected to the ps2 port. I believe its possible to change the bios to see a usb keyboard, but have to check into that. In any event, assuming I can do this, what do I need to do to get the kernel to see I'm using a usb keyboard; anything special beyond adding that into the kernel? Is there any problems I may encounter by doing this? I'd like to use a kvm instead of dragging a keyboard out and balancing it just to use my Linux box. tnx Scott s.howell@verizon.net ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: usb keyboards usb keyboards Scott Howell @ ` Alex Snow ` Glenn at home ` Scott Howell 0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Alex Snow @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. I don't think there's anything special you have to do...used a compaq "internet" whatever that means USB keyboard with a linux machine a while back and didn't have any problems. Think I was running slackware 9.0 on it with stock kernel and it all worked fine. On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 12:17:46PM -0400, Scott Howell wrote: > Folks, was curious, I have a machine that currently has a keyboard > connected to the ps2 port. I believe its possible to change the bios > to see a usb keyboard, but have to check into that. In any event, > assuming I can do this, what do I need to do to get the kernel to see > I'm using a usb keyboard; anything special beyond adding that into > the kernel? Is there any problems I may encounter by doing this? I'd > like to use a kvm instead of dragging a keyboard out and balancing it > just to use my Linux box. > > tnx > > Scott > s.howell@verizon.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- MS-DOS, you can't live with it, you can live without it. -- from Lars Wirzenius' .sig ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: usb keyboards ` Alex Snow @ ` Glenn at home ` Scott Howell 1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Glenn at home @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Also, On my computer, I had to enable the setting: USB legacy devices It may be called something else in other BIOS settings, but yours may be similar. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@gmx.net> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:34 AM Subject: Re: usb keyboards I don't think there's anything special you have to do...used a compaq "internet" whatever that means USB keyboard with a linux machine a while back and didn't have any problems. Think I was running slackware 9.0 on it with stock kernel and it all worked fine. On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 12:17:46PM -0400, Scott Howell wrote: > Folks, was curious, I have a machine that currently has a keyboard > connected to the ps2 port. I believe its possible to change the bios > to see a usb keyboard, but have to check into that. In any event, > assuming I can do this, what do I need to do to get the kernel to see > I'm using a usb keyboard; anything special beyond adding that into > the kernel? Is there any problems I may encounter by doing this? I'd > like to use a kvm instead of dragging a keyboard out and balancing it > just to use my Linux box. > > tnx > > Scott > s.howell@verizon.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- MS-DOS, you can't live with it, you can live without it. -- from Lars Wirzenius' .sig _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: usb keyboards ` Alex Snow ` Glenn at home @ ` Scott Howell ` Gregory Nowak 1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Scott Howell @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Thanks, I didn't think so, but hey I had to ask. I think I'll just give it a whirl and see what happens. My original thought was to take a usb to ps2 adapter and plug that into the kvm, but not so sure this would work. If anyone knows if this would in fact work, please let me know, it would be handy. Scott s.howell@verizon.net ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: usb keyboards ` Scott Howell @ ` Gregory Nowak ` Steve Holmes 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Gregory Nowak @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 No, the usb to ps2 adapters will not work with a usb keyboard, they will only work with a usb mouse. I stand to be corrected, but I believe that the point needs to be made here that enabling usb keyboard support is only needed if you plan to use your usb keyboard to navigate the bios, or to use it under DOS. If your linux kernel is properly configured for usb hid support, then you shouldn't need to enable anything related to the usb keyboard in the bios, since the kernel will find and talk to the usb keyboard on its own once it loads. Greg On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 12:44:51PM -0400, Scott Howell wrote: > Thanks, I didn't think so, but hey I had to ask. I think I'll just > give it a whirl and see what happens. My original thought was to take > a usb to ps2 adapter and plug that into the kvm, but not so sure this > would work. If anyone knows if this would in fact work, please let me > know, it would be handy. > > > Scott > s.howell@verizon.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE1nJ37s9z/XlyUyARAi2tAKCDbbp5+Ox1Bb4VSSYcFoTZsQdiTwCghmqF Vs8q4z8A9K8eSlW8k6K6ies= =or3Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: usb keyboards ` Gregory Nowak @ ` Steve Holmes ` Gregory Nowak 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Steve Holmes @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Ah, but most people use a boot loader; wouldn't it be necessary to configure the BIOS so that USB keyboard could be used at the boot prompt? On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 03:51:35PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > No, the usb to ps2 adapters will not work with a usb keyboard, they > will only work with a usb mouse. > > I stand to be corrected, but I believe that the point needs to be made > here that enabling usb keyboard support is only needed if you plan to > use your usb keyboard to navigate the bios, or to use it under DOS. If > your linux kernel is properly configured for usb hid support, then you > shouldn't need to enable anything related to the usb keyboard in the > bios, since the kernel will find and talk to the usb keyboard on its > own once it loads. > > Greg > > > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 12:44:51PM -0400, Scott Howell wrote: > > Thanks, I didn't think so, but hey I had to ask. I think I'll just > > give it a whirl and see what happens. My original thought was to take > > a usb to ps2 adapter and plug that into the kvm, but not so sure this > > would work. If anyone knows if this would in fact work, please let me > > know, it would be handy. > > > > > > Scott > > s.howell@verizon.net > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFE1nJ37s9z/XlyUyARAi2tAKCDbbp5+Ox1Bb4VSSYcFoTZsQdiTwCghmqF > Vs8q4z8A9K8eSlW8k6K6ies= > =or3Q > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://holmesgrown.ld.net/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE15RYWSjv55S0LfERA49OAKDyz4co5ZG9xsxQ8/xT1RR8NUw7TQCg0yZc ZcbSfS7dR5gnOCNd07++9Ro= =G7IW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: usb keyboards ` Steve Holmes @ ` Gregory Nowak 0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Gregory Nowak @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yes, you've got a point. So, maybe what I should have said is that if you have a machine running gnu/linux only, and don't need to interact with the boot loader on a regular basis, then there's no need for you to enable USB keyboard support in the bios. Greg On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 12:28:27PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > Ah, but most people use a boot loader; wouldn't it be necessary to > configure the BIOS so that USB keyboard could be used at the boot > prompt? > > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 03:51:35PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > No, the usb to ps2 adapters will not work with a usb keyboard, they > > will only work with a usb mouse. > > > > I stand to be corrected, but I believe that the point needs to be made > > here that enabling usb keyboard support is only needed if you plan to > > use your usb keyboard to navigate the bios, or to use it under DOS. If > > your linux kernel is properly configured for usb hid support, then you > > shouldn't need to enable anything related to the usb keyboard in the > > bios, since the kernel will find and talk to the usb keyboard on its > > own once it loads. > > > > Greg > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 12:44:51PM -0400, Scott Howell wrote: > > > Thanks, I didn't think so, but hey I had to ask. I think I'll just > > > give it a whirl and see what happens. My original thought was to take > > > a usb to ps2 adapter and plug that into the kvm, but not so sure this > > > would work. If anyone knows if this would in fact work, please let me > > > know, it would be handy. > > > > > > > > > Scott > > > s.howell@verizon.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > - -- > > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > > skype: gregn1 > > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > > > - -- > > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFE1nJ37s9z/XlyUyARAi2tAKCDbbp5+Ox1Bb4VSSYcFoTZsQdiTwCghmqF > > Vs8q4z8A9K8eSlW8k6K6ies= > > =or3Q > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > - -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://holmesgrown.ld.net/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFE15RYWSjv55S0LfERA49OAKDyz4co5ZG9xsxQ8/xT1RR8NUw7TQCg0yZc > ZcbSfS7dR5gnOCNd07++9Ro= > =G7IW > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE18PR7s9z/XlyUyARAlxnAKCJydOyCUfTbT2VE2ewFjLcG/EFUgCdG/ea Ds2DSORYlCcAJTYct1HJ2P8= =CCdK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
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