[sllug-members]: USB Keyboard / Mouse on server?

[Allen Parker]

On 4/4/07, David D Turley <turley at juno.com> wrote:
> I'm looking at getting a new server set up and was looking at some boxes
> with only USB capability (no PS2 ports).  My first questions is will I be
> able to install a console version of linux on the box (e.g. will it see a
> USB keyboard)?  Also, if I had a USB-PS2 converter to hook it up to a PS2
> type KVM would that freek out the linux console?
>
> I'm thinking of using either Debian or Ubuntu...
>
> Thanks,
> Dave

Generally, most modern distros support usb/hotplug out of the box, but
i've never personally seen a ps2->usb convertor actually used, so you
may want to obtain a ps2->usb adaptor beforehand for testing with your
distro of choice to verify that it will work as expected.