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NotSoSimple

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Currently I have an Optiplex at work that has no PS/2 Ports. I have a FreeBSD Based program that needs to be installed, but will not let me use a USB Keyboard.

The machine does have a serial port though...Any USB>Serial adapters that I can buy?
 
Axman said:
JFGI -- www.justfuckinggoogleit.com

http://www.usbgear.com/USB-Serial.html
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That is totally not what he is looking for(if I understand the original question); he's looking for just the opposite. However, the opposite is quite difficult to achieve(would need a USB host adapter, plus an rs232 converter). Not to mention there would need to be additional software to support a keyboard on the serial port.

Anyway, if the keyboard works in freebsd then it should work for any software that runs under it. I can't imagine any modern software would try to bypass the operating system and try to access the keyboard directly. What software are you trying to use?
 
Thank you jp..

If Ax would have read, he would have saw: USB TO SERIAL. I am trying to plug USB keyboard into a SERIAL port. I have a Serial to USB Adapter sitting right here. So thanks smart ass :p

Hmm it's PBXpress. VoIP Software. Its weird, because in the bootloader I see FreeBSD recognizing my Dell USB Keyboard, and the USB Hub on it. Then once I get in the program, I cant use my keyboard. For the record, I used two different style Dell keyboards, 2 years apart also, and they both didnt work.
 
Check the bios for something called "legacy USB support" or something like that. Turn that on, and the bios will essentially take the USB keyboard signals and make them look like PS/2 signals. That's probably your best bet. If the bios doesn't have that option, though, then I'm not sure what to do.
 
That was the first thing I checked. I even called Dell because I could. They said the system was a High End Model, and does not have USB Legacy Support in the BIOS.

He then pried out why I was asking, I told him a USB Device wasnt working. He eventually got me to admit I was trying to run FreeBSD and started to squak.

It's almost as if the program is hanging up...It errors on the DVD-RW Drive in the BootLoader, maybe I will try to swap CD-ROMs.
 
Meh, they're misrepresenting themselves. I'm sorry I didn't check the details, but the adapters are marked USB to serial adapter, though yes, they're serial to USB.

Still, though, just fucking google it. Also, is there a reason you're tied to FreeBSD? Gentoo is a lot of fun to set up, and has a crazy amount of device support.
 
I did google it, many times. As well as call Dell, try calling the vendor I got the software from, and searched the freebsd.org site. All of this before posting.

I am tied to FreeBSD because the software runs on it. Steps to install:

Connect computer to LAN
Put CD in, Boot to CD
'Welcome to PBXpress Setup!'
Setup software
Computer/VoIP Server Runs
Reachable via web interface

Thats the jist. You dont have to touch FreeBSD. I loaded the CD up in windows a browsed around, hoping I could make na ISO, add a module or two, and then, reburn it.
 
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