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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:33:54 +0800
From: sqweek <sqweek@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] USB keyboard/mouse
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On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:12 AM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 4:27 PM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com> wrote:
>>> [how to get usb mouse/keyboard working?]
>>
>> either
>> (a)     compile a kernel without usb support and use that, or
>>
>> (b)     add usb/usbd and usb/kb to your startup scripts in
>>        termrc or cpurc.
>>
>
> There are some bios'es in which there is a third option: enable USB
> emulation in the bios for PS/2 kb and mouse. Ugly, but it works.

 BIOSes have a tendency to disable that emulation when the OS starts
playing with USB itself, which I'd wager is why erik suggested
compiling a kernel without USB.
-sqweek