A Linux USB keyboard/mouse question

[Luke -Jr]

On Friday 21 September 2007, Billy Crook wrote:
> 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.

I have a system that has PS/2 ports, but only the USB ones actually work...