Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

2008-02-15 Thread Florian Philipp
On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 12:09 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 20:21 -0500, David Relson wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:29:58 + Mike Williams wrote: On Thursday 14 February 2008 22:58:13 David Relson wrote: Have you thought about a PS/2 to USB adapter? I'm

OT: Cheap PS2/USB keyboard/mouse adaptors. WAS: Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

2008-02-15 Thread Stroller
On 15 Feb 2008, at 01:21, David Relson wrote: ... Here in Michigan they seem a bit pricey, as well. A single PS/2 to USB adapter is a few dollars but the dual PS/2 to USB Y adapter is $16.00 (or worse). I had hoped to use one with my PS/2 only KVM but the combo doesn't work. I suspect

Re: OT: Cheap PS2/USB keyboard/mouse adaptors. WAS: Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

2008-02-15 Thread David Relson
On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:45:58 + Stroller wrote: On 15 Feb 2008, at 01:21, David Relson wrote: ... Here in Michigan they seem a bit pricey, as well. A single PS/2 to USB adapter is a few dollars but the dual PS/2 to USB Y adapter is $16.00 (or worse). I had hoped to use one

[gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

2008-02-14 Thread Mike Williams
Hey all, I need a laptop. But the requirements are slightly odd. This is for a machine to stay in our colo cage for use as a barcode scanner, serial interface, basic GUI, and ssh server management console, etc. It needs to have USB for an eToken, PS2 for a barcode scanner, serial to manage PDUs

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

2008-02-14 Thread David Relson
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:14:58 + Mike Williams wrote: Hey all, I need a laptop. But the requirements are slightly odd. This is for a machine to stay in our colo cage for use as a barcode scanner, serial interface, basic GUI, and ssh server management console, etc. It needs to have USB

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

2008-02-14 Thread Mike Williams
On Thursday 14 February 2008 22:58:13 David Relson wrote: Have you thought about a PS/2 to USB adapter?  I'm presently using a PS/2 keyboard _and_ a PS/2 mouse connected to a single USB port (with a Y adapter -- dual PS/2 inputs and USB output). D'you know what, I didn't even realise such a

RE: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

2008-02-14 Thread Adam Carter
Obviously we can easily get a USB to serial adapter You can still get laptops with real serial ports (HP sell them). You might want to investigate whether you can manipulate the USB serial adapter to your requirements. I tried once with setserial and it didn't work - I havent had time to look

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

2008-02-14 Thread David Relson
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:29:58 + Mike Williams wrote: On Thursday 14 February 2008 22:58:13 David Relson wrote: Have you thought about a PS/2 to USB adapter?  I'm presently using a PS/2 keyboard _and_ a PS/2 mouse connected to a single USB port (with a Y adapter -- dual PS/2 inputs and

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

2008-02-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 20:21 -0500, David Relson wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:29:58 + Mike Williams wrote: On Thursday 14 February 2008 22:58:13 David Relson wrote: Have you thought about a PS/2 to USB adapter? I'm presently using a PS/2 keyboard _and_ a PS/2 mouse connected to a