Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:38:58 -0500 | From | William Park <> | Subject | Re: Multiple keyboard/monitor vs linux-2.6? |
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On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 01:18:14PM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: > William Park wrote: > >Plug PS/2 keyboard into PS/2 mouse port??? I didn't know you can do > >that. > > The two ports are the same hardware, which makes sense as they serve > the same purpose - serial communication with a slow device. > > The common case is one keyboard and one mouse, but two mice or two > keyboards works just as well as long as the software expects it. > Linux 2.6 have no problems with this. > > You need the ruby patch to use the two keyboards independently, the > standard kernel merges input from all attached keyboards into one > console. > > You may attach a lot more keyboards using usb keyboards.
Just tried it... works on 2.6, but not on 2.4.23. Damn, I didn't have to out and pay real money for USB keyboard/mouse. :-)
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