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Harry Putnam wrote:
| Neil Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|
|> Harry Putnam wrote:
|>> Maybe I have to do something special regarding USB recognition?
|>>
|> I have a similar device - a StarTech StarView SV831HD 8-port KVM. It
|> supports both PS/2 and USB, depending on the cables used but both
|> types terminate in just a VGA-type connector at the KVM end. I'm using
|> the USB option and didn't have to do anything, it just worked. I do
|> have USB HID support compiled into the kernel, though. Do you?
|
| No. I did not. I guess I haven't had need of it until now.
| However compiling that in desn't seem to have helped (see below)
|
| Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|
|> Harry Putnam wrote:
|>> KVM: Keyboard Video Mouse switch
|>>
|>> Summary:
|>> Runing a KVM switch between 4 machines, my gentoo desktop is not
|>> recognizing the usb based keyboard and mouse connections thru
|>> the the KVM switch.
|> Make sure you have USB Hid support compiled into the kernel (along
|> with any other relevant options you see like "USB Keyboard/Mouse
|> support".
|
| That was not compiled in no, but I have now done so but seemingly it
| has not helped.
|
| Current .config shows:
|
| grep HID /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-r6/.config
|
| CONFIG_HID_SUPPORT=y
| CONFIG_HID=y
| CONFIG_HID_DEBUG=y
| CONFIG_HIDRAW=y
| CONFIG_USB_HID=y
| # CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT_POWERBOOK is not set
| CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=y
| # CONFIG_USB_PHIDGET is not set
|
| After make modules_install and moving the new kernel to /boot; upon
| reboot I see no difference. Once I get the console prompt I have no
| mouse or keyboard
If you have only done "make modules_install" and not "make" and/or "make
modules" you will see no effect i think. It looks like you've configured
USB support to be compiled in directly so compiling modules won't do you
any good.
HTH
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