[Gllug] USB keyboard

Daniel P. Berrange dan at berrange.com
Sun Oct 1 16:56:27 UTC 2006


On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 05:09:58PM +0100, Alain Williams wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am looking to put together a system with a USB keyboard (I want 
> to play with one with a smart card reader).
> 
> Would that mean that I need a motherboard that is designed for a 
> USB keyboard, or do I just plug the keyboard into a
> USB slot and it will work it out ?

Any motherboard with USB support is fine - if any bit were to have
trouble it'd be the BIOS, but any BIOS from the last 5 years ought
to work no trouble. I've been using a USB kinesis keyboard on a
wide variety of systems for 4 years now...

Dan.
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