[Linux-disciples] usb keyboard annoyance

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 05:15:11PM -0500, Karl Sokol wrote:
> So, is there a way in Ubuntu to enable the keyboard and mouse to work with just
> the USB plugged in.  Or even to allow the keyboard to work (as it does in the
> BIOS) with just the USB plugged in and a separate mouse plugged into the PS2.

This can probably be accomplished by loading the right modules.
Generally, modern linux distributions correctly detect which modules are
needed for USB and/or PS/2 devices, but it sounds like your device is a
bit funky, so you might have to experiment with manually loading the
correct modules. Do a little poking around with the USB and PS/2 mouse
and keyboard modules -- try loading just one or the other or both and see
if you can get the desired behavior.