[maemo-users] USB keyboard on n800?

[From: Mark]

On 9/28/08, Matt Emson <memsom at interalpha.co.uk> wrote:
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>  > How does it recognise a keyboard, anyway?
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> Hardware manufacturer id, device id and device class (e.g. Mass storage, input device, etc)
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>  > Does that driver have to be installed specially?
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> No, nothing needs to be installed in Chinook and Diablo, it just "works".
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>  > -- hendrik

There's another possibility: maybe your keyboard requires a little
extra juice for the non-standard components inside and the tablet
doesn't supply enough. You might try connecting it through a powered
USB hub to rule that out. I have yet to find a USB memory drive that
will work without a hub. IIRC it gives the same error message when
connected directly to the tablet.

Mark