Guys,

Certain manufacturers seem to have produced certain models where the 
PS/2 ports do not work, even though they are present on the 
motherboards.  These computers shipped with USB keyboards and mice. 
Although the motherboards have PS/2 ports, they simply do not work 
correctly.  I do not know whether it is a BIOS problem or a hardware 
problem because I never followed up with the manufacturer (mentioned in 
this thread....)  I bet Google would tell us something.

Rob

Jon wrote:
> Jon,
> 
> Your suggestion worked.  I dug up a PS/2-to-USB adapter**, hooked up the 
> mouse and keyboard to the docking station's USB port and let 'er rip.  The 
> laptop booted without a hitch & I'm good to go.
> 
> Looks like PS/2 may be on the deprecation trail.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Jon
> 
> ** Sabrent USB to 2-Port PS/2 Splitter Cable Converter
>    <http://tinyurl.com/nde3v>
> 
> On 28 Apr 2011 at 14:57, jon wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>>
>> From my experience with a number of linux distributions my PS/2 
>> keyboard on my desktop computer did not work with some of them. 
>> It did not work with one version of ubuntu and opensuse, but it did 
>> work with arch linux.  I now use a usb keyboard, so i cannot provide
>> any further feedback. 
>>
>> Jon
>