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| From | Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Switching from PS/2 keyboard and mouse connection to (one) USB connection? |
| Date | 2019-01-03 05:20 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <xc2E9-7qs-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <xbZmV-5eG-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <xbZwB-5hX-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Wed, Jan 02, 2019 at 07:54:30PM -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: >rhkramer@gmail.com wrote: >> >> The Question: Will it be straightforward to convert the Wheezy machine (which >> has USB ports) to use a USB port instead of the PS/2 ports to connect the >> mouse and keyboard (via the KVM switch) -- is it as simple as shutting the >> computer down, changing the cables, and rebooting, or is it more involved. > >You shouldn't need to shut down the machine, actually. X11 has >had hot input switching since about that time period. Old machines would sometimes freeze if you yanked the PS/2 keyboard. They also sometimes wouldn't boot properly without a keyboard, though there might be a bios setting to change that. As long as the USB ports are working, linux should work just fine with a USB keyboard & mouse.
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Switching from PS/2 keyboard and mouse connection to (one) USB connection? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-01-03 01:50 +0100
Re: Switching from PS/2 keyboard and mouse connection to (one) USB connection? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-01-03 02:00 +0100
Re: Switching from PS/2 keyboard and mouse connection to (one) USB connection? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-03 04:40 +0100
Re: Switching from PS/2 keyboard and mouse connection to (one) USB connection? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-01-03 15:20 +0100
Re: Switching from PS/2 keyboard and mouse connection to (one) USB connection? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-01-03 05:20 +0100
Re: Switching from PS/2 keyboard and mouse connection to (one) USB connection? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-01-03 08:30 +0100
Re: Switching from PS/2 keyboard and mouse connection to (one) USB connection? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-01-03 15:30 +0100
Re: Switching from PS/2 keyboard and mouse connection to (one) USB connection? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-01-03 21:20 +0100
Re: Switching from PS/2 keyboard and mouse connection to (one) USB connection? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2019-01-03 07:20 +0100
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