On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 9:55 AM, BERTRAND Joël <joel.bertr...@systella.fr> wrote:
> Fred a écrit : > > Hello, >> >> A recent post mentioned having USB on a U10. I bought a StarTech >> PCIUSB7 card because it is said to be Linux compatible. With the PCI >> USB card installed the U5 flashes the keyboard leds twice and does >> nothing else. Stop-a doesn't do anything. It has debian 7.5.0 >> installed from the netinstall.iso. Do USB drivers have to be manually >> installed? >> > > Hello, > > I've never used an USB keyboard on U5 workstation. On Blade2k, I > have installed a USB2 adapter without any trouble. > > But : > - keyboard has to be plugged on an openprom compatible USB card ; > - OpenPROM has to support USB keybord (and I'm not sure that OpenPROM 3.xx > supports this kind of keyboard...) ; > - your adapter has to be compatible with your PCI bus (2.2 or 2.3 for > Blade 2k, maybe only 2.1 or 2.2 for your U5) ; > - you have to install a linux supported USB adapter. > > Your keyboard led flashes without any USB communication between U5 > and keyboard. It only indicates it is powered and ready even there is no > possible communication. > > Oh dear, I didn't mean use a USB keyboard on a Sun U10 -- I just used simple things like flash drives. I would severely doubt that a U10 would "just work" for the reasons mentioned above. > Best regards, > > JKB > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53ce7b49.3090...@systella.fr > >
