Point taken. However, just to clarify, in my case the hardware did not change, the OS did. As I stated in my original post, the PS/2 ports worked with SL5x, but not with SL6.
Either way, the problem is easy to check for and relatively cheap to correct. Jon On 29 Apr 2011 at 9:32, Robert William Fuller wrote: > Guys, > > Certain manufacturers seem to have produced certain models where the > PS/2 ports do not work, even though they are present on the > motherboards. These computers shipped with USB keyboards and mice. > Although the motherboards have PS/2 ports, they simply do not work > correctly. I do not know whether it is a BIOS problem or a hardware > problem because I never followed up with the manufacturer (mentioned > in > this thread....) I bet Google would tell us something. > > Rob > > Jon wrote: > > Jon, > > > > Your suggestion worked. I dug up a PS/2-to-USB adapter**, hooked up > > the mouse and keyboard to the docking station's USB port and let > > 'er rip. The laptop booted without a hitch & I'm good to go. > > > > Looks like PS/2 may be on the deprecation trail. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Jon > > > > ** Sabrent USB to 2-Port PS/2 Splitter Cable Converter > > <http://tinyurl.com/nde3v> > > > > On 28 Apr 2011 at 14:57, jon wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> > >> From my experience with a number of linux distributions my PS/2 > >> keyboard on my desktop computer did not work with some of them. > >> It did not work with one version of ubuntu and opensuse, but it did > >> work with arch linux. I now use a usb keyboard, so i cannot > >> provide any further feedback. > >> > >> Jon
