USB keyboard in linux?

[DaiShan]

This may sound dumb, but I am just beginning to mess around with linux - anyways I have a computer with the AT style keyboard connector burned out, the ps2 headers are non-working except for the mouse (which is integrated) It has USB headers and I have a bracket attached, but my question is: are there any usb keyboards that will work in linux?

 

[Bremen]

Well I'm typing this on a Logitech Cordless Desktop Pro, I also have another Logitech Cordless USB keyboard which works. So basically what I'm saying is that the answer is "yes". One just has to make sure USB support is compiled into your kernel; distros like RH, or Mandrake should do this, in Slackware you have to specify a USB enabled kernel when you install, I'd assume a similiar situation in Debian (I never actually managed to install Debian ;0) Oh, and I know, cordless keyboards are a security concern, blah blah blah...

 

[Adrian Tung]

I think if you enable USB support in the BIOS (should be a setting referring to Legacy USB or something like that) then your keyboard will work fine.


atwl

 

[THX1139]

Adrian, not necessarily, because once the Linux operating system is booted it doesn't need the BIOS anymore. Now, Windows on the other hand ...

Bremen, how are you enjoying your Slackware?

 

[Bremen]

Well, Linux may not need the BIOS support, but the boot loader probably will rely on the BIOS to detect the keyboard.

THX, just loving it. I'm one of those nuts who likes to compile everything themselves, and I've never had a problem with Slack (well except for the NVidia drivers I don't need anyway, it kept insisting I compiled against a different kernel, never mind I even tried removing the old kernel tree... oh well, go figure).