Re: USB-to-PS/2 adaptor: mouse works, keyboard doesn't
(I see this message never reached the list...)
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
> Daniel Cliff wrote:
<snip>
>> I use a PS/2 keyboard and a USB mouse that I connect to the laptop
>> thru a (generic) USB to PS/2 adaptor. The mouse works, but the
>> keyboard doesn't. I have no idea where I can start looking. My guess
>> is that the installation didn't install PS/2 support, but I've been
>> searching the net and reading the documentation, but can't figure how
>> to deal with that. I will appreciate help from more advanced users.
>
> <snip>
>
> What does this say:
>
> cat /proc/bus/input/devices
Thank you for your prompt response, Hugo!
This is what is _added_ to that file after plugging the adaptor with
mouse and keyboard:
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=13ba Product=0017 Version=0110
N: Name="Generic USB K/B"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input7
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event7
B: EV=120013
B: KEY=10000 7 ff9f207a c14057ff febeffdf ffefffff ffffffff fffffffe
B: MSC=10
B: LED=1f
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=13ba Product=0017 Version=0110
N: Name="Generic USB K/B"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input1
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input8
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd mouse1 event8
B: EV=17
B: KEY=7001f 0 0 0 c000 100000 0 0 0
B: REL=103
B: MSC=10
I don't know if this helps, but the file _before_ plugging the adaptor
contains the following:
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=ab41
N: Name="AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio0/input0
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input0
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event0
B: EV=120013
B: KEY=4 2000000 3803078 f800d001 feffffdf ffefffff ffffffff fffffffe
B: MSC=10
B: LED=7
I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0002 Version=0000
N: Name="Power Button (FF)"
P: Phys=LNXPWRBN/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input1
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event1
B: EV=3
B: KEY=100000 0 0 0
I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0001 Version=0000
N: Name="Power Button (CM)"
P: Phys=PNP0C0C/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input2
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event2
B: EV=3
B: KEY=100000 0 0 0
I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0005 Version=0000
N: Name="Lid Switch"
P: Phys=PNP0C0D/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input3
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event3
B: EV=21
B: SW=1
I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0006 Version=0000
N: Name="Video Bus"
P: Phys=/video/input0
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input4
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event4
B: EV=3
B: KEY=3f000b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
I: Bus=0010 Vendor=001f Product=0001 Version=0100
N: Name="PC Speaker"
P: Phys=isa0061/input0
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input5
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event5
B: EV=40001
B: SND=6
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0007 Version=23b3
N: Name="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio4/input0
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input6
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse0 event6
B: EV=b
B: KEY=6420 0 70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=11000003
Thank you once again.
D.
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