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Re: Switching from PS/2 keyboard and mouse connection to (one) USB connection?

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Le 03/01/2019 à 01:54, Dan Ritter a écrit :
> 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.

It should work as before if you use a Debian stock kernel and the 
default initramfs and left all configuration automatic.

A notable difference is that the PS/2 keyboard driver is built into the 
kernel image while the USB and HID drivers are built as modules, so if 
you use a minimal initramfs, the USB keyboard may not be available when 
the system drops to the initramfs shell.

> You shouldn't need to shut down the machine, actually. X11 has
> had hot input switching since about that time period.

But the PS/2 interface does not support hot plugging. Electrically and 
logically.

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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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