From: "Richard Fish" <bigfish@asmallpond.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Logitech cordless
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 21:19:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7573e9640605222119n1f353eccm5139a27d9af59f83@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c001995e0605221951x4adf816eu75188b0c3f8bee20@mail.gmail.com>
On 5/22/06, James Colby <jcolby@gmail.com> wrote:
> List members -
>
> I am trying to use a Logitech cordless keyboard and mouse with my
> gentoo based laptop. When I try to boot into linux the cordless
> receiver is never enabled. After doing some research on google it
> appears that the easiest solution is to use a USB to PS2 adapter for
> the usb connection, but unfortunately that will not work for me as I
> only have one ps2 slot. Does anyone know if there is a kernel option
> or a third party driver that I could install to enable my cordless
> keyboard and mouse.
AFAIK you only need USB HID support. (Device Drivers->USB
Suppport->USB Human Interface Device (full HID) support). Make sure
it is =y to build into the kernel. My system at home uses no PS/2
devices at all.
If you want a hardware solution, generally a PS2 splitter will do the
trick. It is common to use these with laptops to allow a PS/2
keyboard and a PS/2 mouse to be connected to the same port, although
there is nothing really 'special' about the splitter. Just ask your
local computer store for a PS/2 Y-splitter.
-Richard
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-23 2:51 [gentoo-user] Logitech cordless James Colby
2006-05-23 4:03 ` Jason Weisberger
2006-05-23 4:19 ` Richard Fish [this message]
2006-05-23 5:27 ` Iain Buchanan
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