usb keyboards

[Steve Holmes]

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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:
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> 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
> 
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> 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 at verizon.net
> > 
> > 
> > 
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