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

[Dave W.]

Yeah :(

I haven't tried pulling the mouse and running just keyboard yet, 
telecommuting so can't try it now.

thanks for the advice tho

David L. Willson wrote:
> 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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