Re: usb keyboard support?
Should I expect it to work out of the box? Yes, always. If something doesn't work out of the box, it's usually one of 2 things: - a bug in GNU/Linux - a proprietary/crappy piece of junk Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: usb keyboard support?
On Sun,06.Dec.09, 23:40:36, Liviu Andronic wrote: Dear all How smooth should Debian testing react to a USB keyboard? Should I expect it to work out of the box? Are there recommended models? (I managed to find only out-dated compatibility lists.) The basic function(s) should Just Work (tm), but special (multimedia) keys or other stuff which need proprietary drivers under Windows might not work. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: usb keyboard support?
On Dec 6, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: How smooth should Debian testing react to a USB keyboard? Should I expect it to work out of the box? Are there recommended models? Can't speak for the current testing, but I've been running lenny since it was testing. It never even occurred to me to ask this question -- I just plugged one in one day, and it worked perfectly. Rash assumption on my part, perhaps. My lenny boxen have all seen Cherrys, Dells, and Apples. Cherry is by far the best. Apple is by far the shiniest :-) -- Glenn English g...@slsware.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: usb keyboard support?
On Dec 6, 2009, at 4:58 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun,06.Dec.09, 23:40:36, Liviu Andronic wrote: Dear all How smooth should Debian testing react to a USB keyboard? Should I expect it to work out of the box? Are there recommended models? (I managed to find only out-dated compatibility lists.) The basic function(s) should Just Work (tm), but special (multimedia) keys or other stuff which need proprietary drivers under Windows might not work. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic -- Glenn English g...@slsware.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: usb keyboard support?
On Dec 6, 2009, at 4:58 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: special (multimedia) keys or other stuff which need proprietary drivers under Windows might not work. Andrei makes a good point. When I said perfectly I meant perfectly for email and editing daemon configs... -- Glenn English g...@slsware.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: usb keyboard support?
On Sun, 6 Dec 2009 23:40:36 + Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all How smooth should Debian testing react to a USB keyboard? Should I expect it to work out of the box? Are there recommended models? (I managed to find only out-dated compatibility lists.) Please let me know your thoughts. I have the same experience as the other responders in this thread. Several years ago I first plugged in a Dell external USB keyboard to my system, and it has always Just Worked, although I've never used the funky stuff, just the regular keys. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
