Re: How about USB? (was: Re: issues with KVM switches)

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On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, John wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Nov 2002, Arend wrote:
> 
> > How about hotplugging USB keyboards? 
> > 
> > I've got a co-located server with a PS/1 keyboard and mouse resting on
> > top of the box.
> > 
> > If I set it up with a USB keyboard, could I yank it and take it home
> > with me? And would it reload the drivers and work when/if I plugged it
> > back in?
> 
> 
> Should work. USB is specced to be hot-plugable.
> 
> I _have_ unplugged/replugged a trackbal and that worked. I was logged in, using
> XFree at the time, and I plugged it into a different hole.
> 
> Also, on RHL you can plug a USB mouse in after install, after boot and after login
> and it works. I had two of the rats at once!
> 

Ok, so that's two people saying that it should work. I kind of 
thought that it would, has anybody actually tried it?

I suppose I should just go buy a cheap one and try it myself eh?

-- 
Arend




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