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Date: Fri,  4 May 2007 16:42:30 +1000
From: "Bruce Ellis" <bruce.ellis@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] usb: keyboards vs. hubs
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yes you are in a USB vortex.  no human can implement the
standard.  no standards dudes can implement anything.

brucee

On 5/4/07, Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> wrote:
> What is it with keyboards plugged in to USB hubs that the kernel doesn't
> like?  I thought it was just a broken hub when I first noticed this, but
> now I've seen it on two completely distinct systems.
>
> If the keyboard has anything between it and the CPU (e.g. a hub or KVM)
> it doesn't work.  Yet on the exact same path, a USB mouse works just
> fine.  In at least 50% of the cases, the same keyboard directly attached
> works fine :-P  Am I just in a vortex field?
>
>
> --lyndon
>
>   Specifications are for the weak and timid!
>