* Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [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? It will be interesting to see if the memory stick works with her desktop and hub under XP. The fact it does work under XP with her laptop does not rule out hardware incompatibility with her desktop machine. > She's quite familiar with Windows XP. She uses it at work. As do I and that experience has taught me to *never* use it at home. In fact, my work laptop is not allowed on my home network. How current is her Debian install? - Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | Successfully Microsoft Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | free since January 1998. http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | "Debian, the choice of My Kawasaki KZ-650 SR @ | a GNU generation!" http://www.networksplus.net/n0nb/ | http://www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]