That cable may actually have some logic in it similar to a dock. Is it a USB to PS/2 Y-cable or all USB? What brand?
On 9/4/09, jida...@jidanni.org <jida...@jidanni.org> wrote: > I plug in my two-pronged adapter here on Debian, dmesg says: > input: Generic USB K/B as > /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/input/input8 > generic-usb 0003:13BA:0017.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard > [Generic USB K/B] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input0 > input: Generic USB K/B as > /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.1/input/input9 > generic-usb 0003:13BA:0017.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Generic > USB K/B] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input1 > > The "funny" thing is that I only have a mouse attached to that adapter. > No keyboard, as I intend to just use my Thinkpad's built in keyboard. > > So I start xdm, and voila: I either have to > 1. Go to town to buy a keyboard to attach to that adapter, or > 2. Unplug the adapter, and cold reboot via the power button, as there is > no way xdm will listen to any key on the keybord... no leaving the xdm > login screen via ALT CTRL F1 etc. > > Why can't xdm accept input from all devices at once like it usually > does? > > Why does plugging in this certain adapter mean that the built-in > keyboard is disabled! Why can't the "clit"^H^H red button pointer and > additional USB mouses also still continue working at the same time? > > /var/log/Xorg.0.log says: > (II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices. > If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable > AllowEmptyInput. > -- > The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at: > http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad > -- Sent from my mobile device -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
