[ltp] Hotplugging USB Keyboard

[D. Sen]

Thanks...

If I do a `lsusb`, I see the keyboard listed.

Its not just X. The keyboard doesnt function in the virtual consoles 
either....

Tom Rockwell wrote:
> Sorry I don't have a complete answer, but on my RedHat machines (7.3 and 
> 8.0), I've never had to do anything to use a USB keyboard (sometimes, I 
> do have to plug it in twice to get it going).  Also, RedHat doesn't 
> configure the usbkbd module; it's not in the kernel at all (I just 
> checked the RH kernel config).  I think that the base USB drivers along 
> with keybdev are all that is needed, and that with this config the USB 
> keyboard appears to the system just as the regular keyboard does.  There 
> is no seperate device for the USB keyboard and no special X11 
> configuration is needed.
> 
> If you use the usbkbd module, does the USB keyboard show up as a 
> seperate device which does have to be configured?

> 
> Hope this helps or somebody else can provide a more complete answer.
> 
> -Tom
> 
> D. Sen wrote:
> 
>> I am trying to hotplug a USB Keyboard into my thinkpad (running linux 
>> 2.4.20, Mandrake 9.0)
>>
>> I see all the relevant modules (usbcore, usb-uhci, keybdev, usbkbd) 
>> load up but the keyboard remains dead.
>>
>> If I power-up the thinkpad with the keyboard plugged in then the 
>> keyboard works.
>>
>> Is there a workaround to this? I dont always have my external keyboard 
>> when I am starting the laptop and I dont want to have to reboot just 
>> to make the keyboard functional.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> DS
>>
> 
> 

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