* [gentoo-user] wireless USB mouse via PS/2 adapter and KVM switch
@ 2015-11-29 1:55 thelma
2015-11-30 8:50 ` J. Roeleveld
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From: thelma @ 2015-11-29 1:55 UTC (permalink / raw
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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 :-/
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Thelma
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* Re: [gentoo-user] wireless USB mouse via PS/2 adapter and KVM switch
2015-11-29 1:55 [gentoo-user] wireless USB mouse via PS/2 adapter and KVM switch thelma
@ 2015-11-30 8:50 ` J. Roeleveld
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From: J. Roeleveld @ 2015-11-30 8:50 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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.
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Joost
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