From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261606AbTLOUjE (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:39:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262109AbTLOUjE (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:39:04 -0500 Received: from ppp-RAS1-3-227.dialup.eol.ca ([64.56.226.227]:4992 "EHLO node1.opengeometry.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261606AbTLOUjB (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:39:01 -0500 Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:38:58 -0500 From: William Park To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Multiple keyboard/monitor vs linux-2.6? Message-ID: <20031215203858.GA287@node1.opengeometry.net> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20031212214310.GA744@node1.opengeometry.net> <20031213131405.GA11073@hh.idb.hist.no> <20031213211234.GB448@node1.opengeometry.net> <3FDDA686.6030502@aitel.hist.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FDDA686.6030502@aitel.hist.no> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 01:18:14PM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: > William Park wrote: > >Plug PS/2 keyboard into PS/2 mouse port??? I didn't know you can do > >that. > > The two ports are the same hardware, which makes sense as they serve > the same purpose - serial communication with a slow device. > > The common case is one keyboard and one mouse, but two mice or two > keyboards works just as well as long as the software expects it. > Linux 2.6 have no problems with this. > > You need the ruby patch to use the two keyboards independently, the > standard kernel merges input from all attached keyboards into one > console. > > You may attach a lot more keyboards using usb keyboards. Just tried it... works on 2.6, but not on 2.4.23. Damn, I didn't have to out and pay real money for USB keyboard/mouse. :-) -- William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, Linux solution for data management and processing.