On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 02:14:43 -0600 "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070302 01:42]: > > I'm trying to use a simple (cheap) PS/2 keyboard with a laptop which > > has no PS/2 ports. There are various PS/2 - USB available all over the > > internet; I bought a cheap one on Ebay. It is a very simple little > > thing, and I don't think it has any sort of electronics inside, and it > > doesn't seem to work. The keyboard is not recognized at all, neither in > > the console nor in X, it doesn't appear in the output of lsusb, and it > > isn't recognized by MS Windows either. Does anyone know anything about > > these things? Do they only work with certain types of keyboards? Do I > > need to configure anything in software? Should I suspect that mine is > > defective? > > Correct; there are no electronics in the PS2->USB adapter. A few > years back, a PS2 adapter often was included with a USB mouse. > > It is likely that all you need to do is use the BIOS setup screen to > enable the external keyboard and/or mouse. Once that is done, X and > Window$ should see them. Thanks. I did take a quick look into the BIOS and didn't see any such setting; I might have missed something. I'll take another look when I'm back at that machine. > Also, any USB keyboard -- including keyboards for the Macintosh -- > should work fine with your laptop. I am using a Macintost USB > keyboard with my desktop PC; it appears to be of much higher > mechanical quality than anything else I saw in the PC department of > the computer store. > > RLH I could try that, but I have a specific PS/2 keyboard that I'd like to get working (it has foreign language characters printed on the keys in addition to the english ones, and similar USB models that I saw are more expensive). Thanks, Celejar -- ssuds.sourceforge.net - Home of Ssuds and Ssudg, a Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
