[vox-tech] USB keyboard can't control lilo?

Ryan Castellucci vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Thu, 13 Feb 2003 22:48:36 -0800


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On Thursday 13 February 2003 10:28 pm, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 10:21:29PM -0800, Ryan Castellucci wrote:
> > The option is probably "USB Keyboard support" Set it on "BIOS" instea=
d of
> > "OS"
>
> Actually, it's something to do with "legacy USB support."
> Linux didn't care much for it.  I also apparently need to NOT enable th=
at
> if I want the mouse to work.  (It's a funky new keyboard with a trakbal=
l
> built in.)
>
> My first choice was to get the PS/2 model, but the USB one was availabl=
e
> now (vs. a month from now), so I thought I'd give it a shot.

This is why I use PS/2 keyboards. No worries about compatibility. OTOH, I=
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prefer my mice to be USB, because the USB HID protocal is more flexible t=
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PS/2

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