A Linux USB keyboard/mouse question

[Billy Crook]

To answer your question concisely:

On 9/21/07, cwgee9801 at kc.rr.com <cwgee9801 at kc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Do most Linux distributions boot up and immediately recognize a USB
> keboard/mouse? (That is, they work automatically without the need for any
> special boot parameters/options.)


Yes, most GNU/Linux distributions boot up and immediately recognize a USB
keyboard and mouse.

Or does this vary from distribution to distribution, something that you have
> to figure out case by case?
>
> Thanks, Will
>

If you have PS/2 ports, you should use those with your keyboard and mouse.
Especially if the kb/m already have adapters for them.  There is less to go
wrong with the PS/2 ports than there is with USB.  Some BIOSes will not
recognize USB keyboards.  If you have USB-to-PS/2 emulation available, and
enabled in the BIOS, the USB keyboard will be translated to i8042 (PS/2) in
hardware, and will appear to the BIOS, and whatever OS you load, as a
standard keyboard.  It is best though to physically use the PS/2 port for
your PS/2-capable devices.
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