Hello! I have a laptop hp pavilion with opensuse 11.4 and no serial port.
I got a ps/2 to USB adapter but the keyboard doesn’t work (only the leds flash and the F lock terns on-off).
It is a Microsoft multimedia keyboard 1.0A.
I borrowed and tried with Packard bell and another Microsoft one but nothing happened. I also tried with a new adapter but the keyboards do not work. 
A microsoft usb mouse 1.1A, USB and PS/2 compatible, does work fine.
I did use those adapters usb stuff for ps2 devices and it did work on 12.2 out of box
Both mouse and keyboard worked
Thank you very much for the reply, unfortunately I have many compatibility reasons to stay in the opensuse11.4.
On 02/08/2013 03:16 AM, phaethon wrote:
> I have many
> compatibility reasons to stay in the opensuse11.4.
then, because 11.4 has lived past its end of life and is NO LONGER
receiving security fixes you need to move it to 11.4 Evergreen, which is
a project to extend the life of some selected openSUSE versions by
providing updated security patches…
it is easy, just add one repo and run YaST Online Update occasionally,
read here: http://tinyurl.com/4aflkpy
by the way, i use 11.4 Evergreen…
now to your hardware problem: i bought a little netbook with nothing no
serial or PS2 connectors and wanted to hook up an old (but perfect) IBM
keyboard and an old wheel mouse, both had a PS/2 connectors…i went to
the local PC selling superstore and they sold me kind of a Y-Cord thing
which i could plug into both the keyboard and mouse on one end and then
plug the other end into the USB slot…
it cost about 3 or 5 dollars (US)…great, but it didn’t work…lights
flashed on the keyboard, but that was all…the keyboard was totally
useless, and so was the mouse!
i did some online research and learned that the type of device i had
bought was nothing but some wires connected together with NO other
electronic guts…and, you could look at what i bought as clearly see
there was no room anywhere for anything other than wires and connectors…
what i need was a real adapter, and i ordered a Belkin® USB Dual PS/2
to USB Adapter, model number FSU119vE1 for about 12 dollars (US) and it
works perfectly…it has a bunch of electronics inside the connection
point where two wires with PS/2 receptacles goes in one side and one
wire with a USB plug goes out the other side…[the guts are powered by
the USB system]
it works perfectly! if you have the right kind of adapter and it doesn’t
work i’d guess the problem is in the laptops USB system…pick a
different USB port to plug into…
hey, no matter what do NOT forget to apply the security patches to you
11.4, you have had NONE applied since 5 Nov 2012, cite:
http://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime
otherwise you need to never connect that machine to any possibly
hostile network (like the internet!) as it has several frail points well
known to hackers/criminals!
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dd
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobile” of operating systems!
http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat
Thanks very much for the reply and your tips (both hardware and software)! I really appreciate it!
I’m sure that’s the problem! my adapter! Mine is just a simple adapter of 2 $ too! The thing is that I described exactly the model of my keyboard to the com specialist of the store and he gave me the adapter assuring me it will work just fine! Any way thanks once again!
On 02/08/2013 05:26 PM, phaethon wrote:
> the com specialist of the store
take it back to him and tell him it didn’t work…and get your money back.
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