[clue-tech] Linux (gentoo, knoppix, tiny, etc) no keyboard/mouse (ps/2, USB) - Resend #2

[David L. Willson]

Tried switching interfaces, PS2 / USB?

On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 15:11 -0600, Dave W. wrote:
> Hello,
>    Two things: hello and help.
> 
>   I am new to the mailing list but not new to *nix.  I did a crash
> course in unix by v220 terminal in 1997 for a comp. sci class then built
> my own linux box so I could do school work from home.  My distro
> preferences used to be Red Hat, then they went commercial, now I like
> Gentoo because of portage.  In 2004 I built a raid file server using
> 5x250 gigabyte HD's then shared it via FTP/Samba with my friends in my
> lan gaming group.
> 
> My problem:  I am trying to build a dual-boot box but all linux distro's
> I've tried (redhat, suse, fedora, gentoo, knoppix, tiny) the
> keyboard/mouse lock up. Thought it was a BIOS issue, but gigabyte's bios
> update doesn't mention any updates to fix HID problems.  I googled for
> "no keyboard" but got a bunch of issues with mice and Xorg.
> 
> Where it happens: x11, ncurses, and bash console
> 
> Specs: Athlon Amd 64
> MB: Gigabyte GA-K8N-SLI
> Video: PEG ATI X800GT
> HID: ps/2 mouse & keyboard or USB key/mouse
> HDDs: 1x~500GB SATA 300, 2x~250GB Sata 150, 1x-300 sata 300
> 
> Any advice/help would be appreciated.  I am guessing there is a H/W
> conflict.
> 
> -David
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