Re: [gentoo-user] wireless USB mouse via PS/2 adapter and KVM switch

2015-11-30 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Saturday 28 November 2015 18:55:43 the...@sys-concept.com wrote:
> I have a KVM witch IOGEAR that using old type PS/2 ports
> I've tried to connect to it Wireless USB Mouse via USB-to-PS/2 adapter.
> 
> It doesn't work :-/

And your question is? :)

Anyway, about the issue you are seeing, this is, unfortunately, as expected.

When USB-mice first appeared, most computers still only had PS/2 plugs. (Some 
even still had the older thicker round plugs)

In order to make the new USB mice to work, the USB/PS/2 adapters appeared. 
They worked because the mouse recognized the adapter and changed the signal 
accordingly.

The adapters don't have any fancy circuitry to translate between USB and PS/2.

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Joost



[gentoo-user] wireless USB mouse via PS/2 adapter and KVM switch

2015-11-28 Thread thelma
I have a KVM witch IOGEAR that using old type PS/2 ports
I've tried to connect to it Wireless USB Mouse via USB-to-PS/2 adapter.

It doesn't work :-/

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Thelma