Should an Apple USB keyboard work with Gentoo on x86 ?

mounty1 · l33t Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 942 Location: Queensland

usbhid is in /etc/autoload.modules.d/kernel-2.6. The keyboard is only required within an X (GNUStep) environment, not via the console.
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avieth · Veteran Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 1945 Location: Canada

I don't see why not.

mounty1 · l33t Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 942 Location: Queensland

well it doesn't.
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mudrii · l33t Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 789 Location: Singapore

I think it shoud work in both
http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php/product/2060
http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-44415.html
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ferg · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:16 am Post subject:

I use an Apple USB keyboard with my Linux box without any problems.

In fact quite perversely I use the Apple keyboard (still plugged into the Linux box) in connection with http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/to provide an external keyboard for my MacBook pro.

The OPTION and CMD keys are swapped when done this way on the MBP, but as long as I remember this it works pretty well.

In Gnome I just have a normal keyboard selected.

Apart from the different keymap, the Apple USB keyboards are no different to a standard PC USB one.

If a USB PC keyboard works, then the Apple one will!

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mounty1 · l33t Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 942 Location: Queensland

Thanks everyone for your input. The keyboard and mouse work on my other Gentoo box so it should just be a matter of diffing the .config files.
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