hi! I have this usb keyboard here and my laptop's kb is not 100% anymore so i decided to give it a try... the device is recognized by the system:

usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 2
hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-1:1.0: 3 ports detected
usb 1-1.1: new full speed USB device using address 3
input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub] on usb-0000:00:07.2-1.1
input: USB HID v1.10 Device [Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub] on usb-0000:00:07.2-1.1

And i can use my usb mouse thru its hub... but the kb doesnt work at all. What can be wrong? Thanks for any help.

is it in X?

Yeah. I use KDE. The regular kb works but the usb kb doesnt work at all. Is there any setup i have to do?

There may be BIOS settings you need to fiddle with. Here's another thread that might be of use:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=290747

and also
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=311139

For some misterious reason it works now. The first time i plug it in it was recognized but the keys didnt work but now it is perfect! And i didnt do a thing about it. Not even change any kind of BIOS settings. But thanks for your help.

I just realized that the usb kb cant be used it i try too hotplug it. I need to have it plugged during kernel boot up... so, right now, if i plug it i will have it recognized by the kernel as in the beginning of the thread but i wont get it to work. Why is that? Can anyone help me? Is that another Conectiva bug?