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Re: review wanted of new Debian X FAQ entry



Am Dienstag, 4. März 2003 15:09 schrieben Sie:
> On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 17:12:37 +0100, Martin Kuball composed:
> > Am Montag, 3. März 2003 01:36 schrieb Branden Robinson:
> > > server uses to listen for events from the keyboard.)  This is because
> > > the keyboard was connected to the computer using the Apple Desktop Bus,
> > > and not USB, which has been the bus of choice for Apple machines
> > > starting with the
> >
> > Is this true? I mean why then do I still need ADB support in the kernel?
> > I tried without and it did not work.
>
> well, first if you have a box with an ADB bus, you need the support.
> second, you need ADB support, but you don't need CONFIG_ADB_KEYCODES
> (sp?). there is a big difference.

The problem of course is to find out what kind of bus your machine uses if 
it's a laptop. Well, trial and error obviously revealed that my iBook uses 
ADB.

Martin



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