Arne Goetje, 2002-Sep-24 15:24 +0800: > Hi list, > > maybe someone can give me a hint here... > I have an Acer TravelMate 730 notebook which has only one PS/2 port. > However, the vendor offers a Y-cable to attach keyboard and mouse > simultaniously. > I want to use a KMM switch with my desktop computer at home. So I bought a > simple PS/2 Y-cable and tried to connect keyboard and mouse to the notebook. > But it doesn't work. I cannot use keyboard nor mouse on the notebook, just > the built-in keyboard and touchpad. > If I plug in only the mouse, it works flawlessly. > However, if I connect the keyboard instead of the mouse, I get error > messages from the kernel asking me if the keyboard is present... > the internal keyboard still works, just the external not. > I read on the Laptop-Howto that a Y-cable should work... so has anyone > experience with that? > Any hints? > > Thanx > Arne
I've used Y-cables on various laptops (Dell and Toshiba) with success. I've been told that some Y-cables don't work on certain laptops, but I haven't seen that yet. Since your Y-cable is supplied by the vender it should work. Perhaps you've got a bad cable. You could try buying another Y-cable at your local PC supply store (around US$9) and try it out. I've also tried plugging only a keyboard into the PS/2 port on my laptops and it doesn't work. However, I haven't tried booting the PC with the external keyboard plugged in. jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User
