state of USB support in linux

[Bill Campbell]

On Thu, May 06, 2004, Kurt Wall wrote:
>In a 1.5K blaze of typing glory, Bill Campbell wrote:
>> 
>> Is there a KVM switch that will handle both ps/2 and USP?  I would love to
>> find such a beast for my desktop where I switch between a couple of Linux
>> boxen, an Apple G4 running OS X, and a rather ancient box running an AT
>> main board with no USB.  Currently I have a ps/2 to USB adapter on the G4
>> going to a 4-port ps/2 Belkin KVM switch.
>
>Try this:
>
>http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=201729&pcount=&Product_Id=160570

Interesting.  I had seen those boxes, but never paid much attention to
them, figuring they were USB only.

My concern is that they require a ps/2 keyboard, and I haven't found any
that work properly with OS X (e.g. the special keys to eject CDs) which
isn't a problem with my ancient G4, but someday I hope to have a dual
processor G5.  The only thing I use willingly from Microsoft is their
``natural'' keyboard, and I really don't want to give that up.

Bill
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