From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wireless USB mouse via PS/2 adapter and KVM switch
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 09:50:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <17672696.oZT2rBpBFS@eve> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <565A5B1F.2060906@sys-concept.com>
On Saturday 28 November 2015 18:55:43 thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
> I have a KVM witch IOGEAR that using old type PS/2 ports
> I've tried to connect to it Wireless USB Mouse via USB-to-PS/2 adapter.
>
> It doesn't work :-/
And your question is? :)
Anyway, about the issue you are seeing, this is, unfortunately, as expected.
When USB-mice first appeared, most computers still only had PS/2 plugs. (Some
even still had the older thicker round plugs)
In order to make the new USB mice to work, the USB/PS/2 adapters appeared.
They worked because the mouse recognized the adapter and changed the signal
accordingly.
The adapters don't have any fancy circuitry to translate between USB and PS/2.
--
Joost
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2015-11-29 1:55 [gentoo-user] wireless USB mouse via PS/2 adapter and KVM switch thelma
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