Keyboard USB Drivers Question

Stephanie

Sun Jan 25, 2015 1:35:19 pm

Hi I have looked through Software Centre but I cant find any thing that may help to light up my back light Keyboard, I have tried a USB/PS2 adapter with no luck, any ideas please guys ?

Anonymous

Sun Jan 25, 2015 1:39:48 pm

Stephanie > Whom makes the keyboard....that way....I'll see if I can help ya find the right one.

Stephanie

Sun Jan 25, 2015 1:50:21 pm

Hi Gizmuntu the one I am trying to get to work is a Dragon War Dark Sector (please see link)

http://www.dragonwar.jp/product-models.php?id=4

Anonymous

Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:00:51 pm

I'm reading up on the situation now.
So far I got to >> [ FN + F12 ] = BackLighting
Now if that works for you ????
Still reading looking !!!!

Stephanie

Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:09:42 pm

No nothing happens, when I first boot it lights up but when Zorin loads it goes out.

Anonymous

Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:27:03 pm

Here' the [ Windows ] driver for the keyboard.
Far as I can see....there isn't any linux driver.
You could unzip the tar.gz file and right-click on the driver.exe installer.....
And install via wine....to see what happens.
Doubt that anything happens...far as the keyboard is concerned.
But one never know's...unless they try.
Tried uploading the driver...but to large.
Here's the driver link just in case !!~!!

Link : http://www.dragonwar.jp/support-detail.php?id=4&rid=12

Stephanie

Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:33:50 pm

OK will try that thank you Gizmuntu and will post the results

Stephanie

Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:41:11 pm

Unfortunately its not supported, Im going to look through my BIOS to see if I can come up with anything

Anonymous

Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:44:09 pm

I'll keep looking for ya....specially on sourceforge.

Stephanie

Sun Jan 25, 2015 3:31:51 pm

Thank you Gizmuntu , I tried VT-d (IOMMU) but nothing, Im wondering If I should just buy a Zorin friendly backlit keyboard ... if there are any ?

Anonymous

Sun Jan 25, 2015 3:53:55 pm

I have the [ Roccat IKSU Gaming Keyboard ].......
And it is very [ Linux ] friendly !!!!
Installed the [ Linux ] drivers the first time.
Haven't had any problems what so ever with the driver/keyboard relative to Zorin OS !!!!

Link : http://www.roccat.org/Products/Gaming-K ... CCAT-Isku/
Link : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Roccat-Isku-Ill ... B00A13WB62

The keyboard even [ talks ] to you !!!!

Screenshot blow shows the Configuration !!!!

Stephanie

Sun Jan 25, 2015 6:55:25 pm

Oh yes that is a gorgeous Keyboard Gizmuntu (saved the link thank you) I have a few Keyboards (one is a Logitech G15) so I plugged it in and the back-lights work !, Im not a big gamer but I still may have to treat my self to a Roccat Keyboard

Swarfendor437

Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:50:52 pm

http://www.amazon.com/ZaReason-Backlit- ... 71-1544116

Stephanie

Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:57:50 am

Looks great Swarfendor437 but cant get it on Amazon UK honey :?:

Wolfman

Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:41:22 pm

Hi Stephanie,

as a last-ditch attempt, you can try typing the following command in the recovery menu:

Code:: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -f

Start in recovery mode and first activate "Network" and then click on "root", then type the above command (write it down on paper first), this is much the same as running "DPKG" but this also has the force command added on the end and will drag down any missing dependencies. It is a longshot but worth a try!.

Stephanie

Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:43:05 pm

OK thank you Wolfman going to try that after dinner (its cooking now)

Stephanie

Mon Jan 26, 2015 5:49:02 pm

Unfortunatly nothing changed with my Keyboard but thank you for trying Wolfman

Swarfendor437

Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:06:07 pm

What a blow - just looked at ZaReason.com - there was a rumour they were going to start shipping desktops and notebooks to the UK.

Now have read this has worked on Windows but no guarantees - USB devices have a memory issue. remove all USB peripherals whilst machine is powered off, switch off the powersupply switch at the back of the computer (if it has one, and remove the power lead - leave for 30 seconds and put everything back together - try putting your keyboard in a different slot and see if there is any difference - is the keyboard USB2.0? Are any of the USB ports showing blue plastic? this is USB 3.0 which are supposed to be backwards compatible but not always. Similarly USB 3 devices are supposed to work on USB 2.0 slots. Have you checked your BIOS settings are set to 'Legacy' and 'Fast' by default?

Stephanie

Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:34:00 pm

Hi Swarfendor437 thank you I will try your sugestion now and post back, I have been all through my BIOS and tried a few things without sucsess, strange thing is when booting my system at first post the LEDs light up but when Zorin loads they go out, but if all fails I will have to get my purse out and buy a new Keyboard that I know will light up

Stephanie

Sat Jan 31, 2015 10:57:15 am

Looking at the Roccat IKSU Gaming Keyboard is that US layout Gizmuntu ? I have never had one, if a US keyboard is set to English UK would i still get [ £ @ ] ?

Swarfendor437

Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:24:23 pm

A keyboard is a keyboard is a keyboard!

Can't find a linux backlit one but how about this:

http://www.ebuyer.com/369156-qpad-mk-80 ... 80-uk-blue

or this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=85 ... 1422579428

http://www.ebuyer.com/660921-logitech-i ... 920-006091

Stephanie

Mon Feb 02, 2015 7:28:00 am

Thank you Swarfendor437

.. It all depends on Zorin help desk and if they let me download Zorin Ultimate (UK Version), I already have some expensive hardware that I cant use to its full

Anonymous

Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:40:24 pm

I hate to tell ya...but their is a big difference !!!! [ A keyboard is a keyboard is a keyboard ]
The Linux Kernel doesn't support all hardware gizmo fuctioning....specially [ Gaming ].....
That's why it is good practice to do detailed research on ones area of interest. [ Linux Friendly Hardware ] [Driver Support ]
I spent a good hour on the net before getting my recent [ Roccat ISKU Gaming Keyboard ]
The only thing my keyboard doesn't do... is wash dishes via Linux !!!! :lol:

Swarfendor437

Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:05:25 pm

OK, Point taken - I was looking at Cherry Linux Keyboard as these have a good stamina (long-life) from personal experience but could not find backlit with penguins instead of windows logo! :mrgreen:

A distro I had problems running wireless keyboard was a nice little one called DreamLinux - I used a wired keyboard during install, then replaced with the wireless keyboard and it worked!

Stephanie

Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:53:47 pm

I’m looking at this ! I can live with US layout

http://e-3lue.com/int/individual%20prod ... 087bk.html

http://www.amazon.co.uk/E-3lue-E-Blue-A ... merReviews

Wolfman

Sat Feb 07, 2015 7:30:54 am

Hi Stephanie,

take a look here, you might get lucky:

http://www.keyboardco.com/

Stephanie

Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:41:49 am

Thank you Wolfman I will be looking hard at this site

Stephanie

Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:49:32 pm

I bought a gaming style LED Keyboard (UK layout) and it works with Zorin OS .. you wont believe the price ! and it does not look or feel cheap

(delivered today)

http://sumvision.com/?p=product&id=498

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sumvision-LED-C ... 18-1558053

Wolfman

Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:40:00 pm

Where are my sunglasses?.

I actually bought a new keyboard with large bright yellow keys and I love it, I have only had it a few hours but it is excellent for a dodgy typist like me!.

Swarfendor437

Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:11:39 pm

Just found this punnet of information:

https://www.linux.com/directory/Peripherals/keyboards

Wolfman

Wed Mar 18, 2015 6:08:46 am

Here is the Ubuntu hardware keyboard support info page: http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/cat ... /KEYBOARD/

Main list of supported hardware (component list) : http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/catalog/

Stephanie

Thu Mar 19, 2015 5:51:29 pm

Thanks Wolfman .. I see Sumvision is not listed maybe it should be (media key Computer opens Home in Zorin) very handy

http://sumvision.com/?p=category&cat=17

Swarfendor437

Fri Mar 20, 2015 12:43:06 pm

Well you could visit all the links once you get to the url I posted here?:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5440

Stephanie

Fri Mar 20, 2015 4:55:42 pm

Thank you Swarfendor437

Swarfendor437

Mon Feb 08, 2016 8:47:50 pm

Well it looks like I bought a variant of Stephanie's keyboard just before Christmas + mouse - both £9.99 from that wonderful German Supermarket chain that begins with 'A':

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