USB/HID keyboard

I cannot figure out how to get input: Generic USB K/B as /class/input/input5 input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Generic USB K/B] on usb-:00:1d.1-2 to get read. I hit on the keys and nothing happens. I want to try out this second keyboard and I can't. I see the above dmesg message, but I can't make

Adding external USB HID Keyboard

Hello, I am wondering if anyone has ever tried to plug in an external keyboard type to a debian linux box. I know this sound silly but I really cannot get anything to work. Steps: 1. According to dmesg I have: <...> usb 5-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 usb 5-2: configu