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On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Gerhard Erker 1<aon.913247124@×××.at> wrote: |
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>> Unfortunately you really didn't provide the portion of your |
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>> configuration that is most likely going to be the issue which is your |
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>> chipset. |
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>> It may be that you need a BIOS update to get full support for USB |
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>> keyboards. My son has an Asus MB with an Intel Quad-Core and we never |
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>> managed to install win XP with the USB keyboard. We did the install |
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>> with a PS2 keyboard and then shifted over to USB when it was done. On |
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>> the other hand I've got some older x86 machines that installed just |
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>> fine with USB. |
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>> - Mark |
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> Hello Mark, |
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> I can use the keyboard when the first message is there. So I can use the |
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> hardware options. When the gentoo-kernel is booting, i have no keyboard. |
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> I used doscsi because the handbook says that this option is used to boot |
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> the most usb-devices, because they use the scsi subsystem of the kernel. |
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> I tried it both ways. |
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> Other configuration: |
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> ASUS Mainboard, Socket 775 Intel G31 Chipset |
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> Networkcard on board Attansic Gigabit ethernet |
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> Audio Realtek ALC662 6-Channel High Definition |
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> I cannot understand why my keyboard not works. It works not only on an |
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> desktop or with windows. It also worked, when I was in console mode, or |
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> when I worked in the repair mode of windows xp installation cd. It works |
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> also when I change options in bios. |
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> I will try with the options you suggested. |
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> I think, my last options will be to plug in my old ps2-keyboard for |
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> install and after install try to use my keyboard. I have a working |
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> system so it is not so important to bring gentoo in a short time to |
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> work. |
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> Many thanks for your help. I would be glad to hear more ideas |
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> Bye |
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> |
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> Gerhard Erker |
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Because you can use the keyboard to select which kernel you want to |
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boot and which hardware options then it means there is enough |
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functionality in BIOS to support the USB keyboard. Possibly a BIOS |
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update might help, but it seems unlikely to me. |
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My son's motherboard is an Asus also. Using a PS2 keyboard is what we |
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had to do here also, even for XP. |
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You should try Kyle's suggestion of hot-plugging your USB keyboard. |
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Maybe that will wake up USB hardware that somehow the boot process has |
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put to sleep? |
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Good luck. |
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