Re: Switching from PS/2 keyboard and mouse connection to (one) USB connection?
On Wed 02 Jan 2019 at 19:54:30 (-0500), Dan Ritter wrote:
> rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > The Question: Will it be straightforward to convert the Wheezy machine (which
> > has USB ports) to use a USB port instead of the PS/2 ports to connect the
> > mouse and keyboard (via the KVM switch) -- is it as simple as shutting the
> > computer down, changing the cables, and rebooting, or is it more involved.
>
> You shouldn't need to shut down the machine, actually. X11 has
> had hot input switching since about that time period.
>
> > If it is more complicated, what would I have to do?
>
> Worst case scenario: edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf; find the stanza
> about a ps2mouse and switch it to a usbmouse.
>
> There shouldn't be any difficulty with the keyboard at all.
I just plugged a USB keyboard into my ancient Pentium III which uses
a PS/2 keyboard and mouse. I can happily type commands into a VC
with alternate letters typed on each keyboard. X not running.
Same thing holds for mice. (It's running stretch as of before
Christmas because wheezy was unable to mount some of my more
recently formatted filesystems.)
Cheers,
David.
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