On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Daniel Cliff <daniel.cliff.em...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > I'm a new Debian user. I recently installed Debian on my laptop > computer, and almost everything worked out of the box. > However, there are a few things that don't work now, but did in my old > system. So I would like to ask for your advice. > > I use a PS/2 keyboard and a USB mouse that I connect to the laptop > thru a (generic) USB to PS/2 adaptor. The mouse works, but the > keyboard doesn't. I have no idea where I can start looking. My guess > is that the installation didn't install PS/2 support, but I've been > searching the net and reading the documentation, but can't figure how > to deal with that. I will appreciate help from more advanced users.
I start up my computer. Boot Windows XP. Wait until it's fully loaded. Plug in USB-to-PS/2 adaptor with mouse and keyboard attached to it. Keyboard and mouse work perfectly. Then I restart my computer (without unplugging the adaptor!). Boot Debian. Keyboard and mouse work perfectly. However, like I stated above, if I start up my computer and boot Debian, and only then do I plug the adaptor, then the keyboard doesn't work (the mouse does though). Isn't this weird? The keyboard is a Genius KB-21e Scroll. It comes with a CD with drivers for Windows (which are not really needed. WinXP recognizes it automatically). I use the keyboard in another Linux machine, and it works fine when I plug it directly to the PS/2 jack. And the USB adaptor says "Supports Linux". I hope I'm not bound to boot first WinXP and then restart and boot Debian in order to use the keyboard! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
