Re: usb keyboard support?

2009-12-07 Thread Stefan Monnier
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

Re: usb keyboard support?

2009-12-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
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),

Re: usb keyboard support?

2009-12-06 Thread Glenn English
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

Re: usb keyboard support?

2009-12-06 Thread Glenn English
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

Re: usb keyboard support?

2009-12-06 Thread Glenn English
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

Re: usb keyboard support?

2009-12-06 Thread Celejar
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