On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 05:48:38PM -0500, Valdis Kletnieks wrote: > Quite some time ago, I posted about a problematic PS2-USB converter > that I used to connect an old PS2-connector keyboard to my laptop > dock, where the keyboard wouldn't be recognized at boot unless > I unplugged and reconnected it. > > Well, I've recently figured out (partly by obtaining a converter > from a different vendor) that the converters both work correctly > when plugged into a USB port that's physically on my Dell Latitude > laptop - but they have issues and require a reconnect cycle when > plugged into the docking station for the laptop. (It took a long time > to figure this out, because *of course* you plug this sort of stuff > into the docking station specifically so you don't have to plug it > in every morning). > > So obviously, it isn't the converter that is the problem, but the docking > station is doing "something stupid". Anybody have suggestions on figuring out > what it's doing wrong? PS-2 connectors can not normally handle hotplugging, the protocol doesn't allow it, and for some unlucky devices, it could actually fry the motherboard or the PS-2 device. So that's probably the issue here, the device just doesn't support it, sorry. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
