On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:18:11 -0500 Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * 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? 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 >> Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]