* 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. 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
