[SOLVED] Mouse and keyboard won't work

[Matt_163]

I recently bought a raspberry pi 0 and when I went to boot up, I noticed my wireless keyboard and mouse would not work. It works on my main computer but no the pi. The mouse and keyboard share a single USB dongle. Any ideas?

 

[Alabalcho]

Did you try with wired mouse / keyboard?

 

[Zitizen]

I don't think you can use two devices on one port.

 

[kaehligj]

Its no problem with both mouse and keyboard on the same USB port.
I use that via an external USB 2.0 hub on all my RPi's (1B/1B+/2B/3B).
This USB hub is however externally powered not to load the Pi, as my keyboard is backlited and consumes extra power.

I also run a PATA DVD and a SATA SSD on the same USB adapter via the cheap Ebay/AliExpress USB to sata converter cable.
The drives are also here externally powered.

1. Does Raspian recognize the USB dongle. I suspect a problem with the driver here, as these dongles are NOT standard bluetooth or WiFi types.

2. Use any cheap USB 2.0 hub with external power to ensure the Pi USB port is not overloaded. Any unused hub port can be used to power the hub via a male to male USB A cable, if the hub has no power jack.

 

[oldwhiteguy]

I have a similar problem. My Pi4 works fine with a USB tethered keyboard and mouse, but when I use a known good wireless combo, both slow down and lag, and I turned off the the Wifi with no difference.

I have tried to use a USB powered extender to avoid any WiFi interference, but no joy - The same problem.

Any suggestions?

 

[kaehligj]

My suggestion is, that your known good combo - driver - is not the right one for raspian.
Using your terminal typing "lshw" (l as in Lars) try list the installed keyboard type.

 

[Plicker19]

Which version of raspbian do you have? I may not know that much about the 0 because I have a 3 that I use. is the OS any different?

 

[kaehligj]

may not know that much about the 0 because I have a 3 that I use. is the OS any different?

You will know, as its still raspian/debian.

 

[Plicker19]

I have has trouble with a wireless mouse on raspbian. it may not support it.

 

[oldwhiteguy]

My suggestion is, that your known good combo - driver - is not the right one for raspian.
Using your terminal typing "lshw" (l as in Lars) try list the installed keyboard type.

I tried that but no joy.
bash: lshw: command not found

As I said, I am a total newbe to Unix

 

[kaehligj]

http://www.circuitbasics.com/useful-raspberry-pi-commands/

try google raspian hardware commands

 

[oldwhiteguy]

http://www.circuitbasics.com/useful-raspberry-pi-commands/

try google raspian hardware commands

Thanks for the help!!

I think I figured it out and it works now.
I used a old logitech wireless keyboard/mouse combo from my test computer and that model works!