Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> writes: > On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 16:53 +0530, paiva...@gmail.com wrote: >> Or is my MoBo giving up? > > No, Debian dropped working PS/2 equipment for versions ex stable a long > time ago. In my case only the mouse doesn't work anymore, the keyboard
That is a nasty thing to do. Here, the <d>bloodsuckers</d> hardware vendors still palm off PS/2 input devices. PCs as recent as 1 year came with PS/2 equipmen. Your reply has me so confused that I looked up wikipedia to ensure that when I said "PS/2" I reall meant what I intended. Yes, I did say what I had in mind. So, the real bug is with the decision to drop support for PS/2, which, IMHO, is required at least for another 3 to 4 years. What has me confused is, why is the PS/2 keyboard still working on the console mode then? And which xorg component supports PS/2 input? I did go back to the xserver-xorg-input-evdev, x-x-i-kbd and x-x-i-mouse packages from stable, but things did not work. (with PS/2 on X, that is). This USB keyboard is right-royal PITA, dunno whether the issue is with this specific brand or with the USB interface, but there is too much lag between keystrokes and characters appearing on the screen. I type real fast - 40+ wpm on qwerty layout. > If there would be another OS, I would drop Linux, since things become > more and more idiotic. Nobody cares about bugs, for serious computer > usage. > > For the future expect much more serious issues, but that PS/2 issue. > Having to use non-Linux OSes at office confirms my suspicion that GNU/Linux based distros are waay more user friendly. -- Mahesh T. Pai || >From The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) [devil]: LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8762ci7l12.fsf@nandini.nandini
