linux-image-2.6.15-16-686: PS2 -> USB Keyboard/Mouse converter does not work

Tim Carmean tecarmea at mtu.edu
Tue Feb 28 14:24:25 UTC 2006


Subject: linux-image-2.6.15-16-686: PS2 -> USB Keyboard/Mouse converter
does not work
Package: linux-image-2.6.15-16-686
Version: 2.6.15-16.23
Severity: important

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I'm attempting to use a PS2 -> USB Keyboard/Mouse converter to adapt my
ps2 peripherals to my laptop.

lsusb shows the following information on the device:
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0518:0001 EzKEY Corp.

Info from /proc/bus/usb/devices (only the device in question):
T:  Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0518 ProdID=0001 Rev= 0.01
S:  Manufacturer=Composite USB PS2 Converter
S:  Product=USB to PS2 Adaptor  v1.09
C:* #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=100mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID  ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=usbhid
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=10ms
I:  If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID  ) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usbhid
E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=10ms

The usbhid and uhci_hcd modules packaged with the Dapper kernel find the
devices in question, but no events can be read from them (xorg, gpm, etc...).

The device works using the Debian Sid 2.6.13-1-686 kernel image after
manually
loading uhci_hcd.

Downgrading udev to breezy level and installing breezy hotplug let me boot
and
run the breezy kernel, but hotplug events weren't working; however,
modprobing the appropriate drivers (uhci_hcd and usbhid) allowed the USB
converter to function as expected.

Neither the xorg package installed nor its configuration files were modified.

The Laptop's built in Keyboard and Synaptics Touchpad work on all of the
configurations I've tried.

The Machine in question is an Asus S5200N (S5N) Laptop.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers dapper-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'dapper-updates'), (500, 'dapper-security'), (500,
'dapper'), (500, 'breezy')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.13-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.15-16-686 depends on:
ii  coreutils [fileutils]     5.93-5ubuntu2  The GNU core utilities
ii  initramfs-tools           0.40ubuntu24   tools for generating an
initramfs
ii  module-init-tools         3.2.2-1ubuntu3 tools for managing Linux
kernel mo

linux-image-2.6.15-16-686 recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information




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