Re: Wonky PS2-USB converter issues...

2013-02-21 Thread Alan Stern
On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:07:49 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman said: > > > PS-2 connectors can not normally handle hotplugging, the protocol > > doesn't allow it, and for some unlucky devices, it could actually fry > > the motherboard or the PS-2 devic

Re: Wonky PS2-USB converter issues...

2013-02-20 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:07:49 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman said: > PS-2 connectors can not normally handle hotplugging, the protocol > doesn't allow it, and for some unlucky devices, it could actually fry > the motherboard or the PS-2 device. > > So that's probably the issue here, the device just does

Re: Wonky PS2-USB converter issues...

2013-02-20 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 05:48:38PM -0500, Valdis Kletnieks wrote: > Quite some time ago, I posted about a problematic PS2-USB converter > that I used to connect an old PS2-connector keyboard to my laptop > dock, where the keyboard wouldn't be recognized at boot unless > I unplugged and reconnected

Wonky PS2-USB converter issues...

2013-02-20 Thread Valdis Kletnieks
Quite some time ago, I posted about a problematic PS2-USB converter that I used to connect an old PS2-connector keyboard to my laptop dock, where the keyboard wouldn't be recognized at boot unless I unplugged and reconnected it. Well, I've recently figured out (partly by obtaining a converter from