To answer your question concisely:<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:cwgee9801@kc.rr.com">cwgee9801@kc.rr.com</a></b> &lt;<a href="mailto:cwgee9801@kc.rr.com">cwgee9801@kc.rr.com
</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">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.)
</blockquote><div>&nbsp;<br>Yes, most GNU/Linux distributions boot up and immediately recognize a USB keyboard and mouse.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Or does this vary from distribution to distribution, something that you have to figure out case by case?<br><br>Thanks, Will<br></blockquote></div><br>If you have PS/2 ports, you should use those with your keyboard and mouse.&nbsp; Especially if the kb/m already have adapters for them.&nbsp; There is less to go wrong with the PS/2 ports than there is with USB.&nbsp; Some BIOSes will not recognize USB keyboards.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; It is best though to physically use the PS/2 port for your PS/2-capable devices.
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