Re: Repost of some earlier described "challenges"
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:18:11 -0500
Nate Bargmann <n0nb@networksplus.net> wrote:
> * Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@sbcglobal.net> [2007 Sep 26 03:22 -0500]:
> > Ron Johnson wrote:
> >> On 09/25/07 21:33, Mike McCarty wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> >> USB keyboard? (I've always been leery of them, because of the
> >> mutually-exclusive HID and {o,u}chi drivers.
> >
> > Oops! I somehow neglected to specify...
> > PS/2 style keyboard
> > PS/2 style mouse
> > Keyboard works
> >
> > PS/2 style keyboard
> > USB style mouse
> > Keyboard stops working
> >
> > Same setup works with you-know-what.
>
> I have two IBM ThinkCentre machines each with a PS/2 keyboard and USB
> mouse that have been running Debian for well over a year with no
> problems of any sort. They were updated to Stable/Etch this spring and
> work like a hose. I suspect her machine has some flaky USB hardware.
>
> I have plugged USB peripherals into my T23 laptop (keyboard and mouse)
> and both devices "just worked" without my intervention. This has been
> within the past 24 to 30 months. What version of Debian does she have
> installed?
I also regularly use a USB mouse on my laptop, in combination with
either the built in keyboard or the external, USB one mentioned in
another post in this thread, and everything "just works"; I've never
needed any configuration. I'm running Sid.
> - Nate >>
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