On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 06:46 +0200, Gerhard Erker 1 wrote: > Am Sonntag, den 02.08.2009, 13:18 -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht: > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Gerhard Erker 1<aon.913247...@aon.at> > > wrote: > > > This was the first idea, when i googled. Legacy usb-support is on, the > > > bios says "1 keyboard, 2 hubs". Has anyone the same problem? > > > At the moment I have Suse 11.1 installed, and the keyboard is working. > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > Gerhard Erker > > > > > > > > > Am Sonntag, den 02.08.2009, 14:21 -0500 schrieb Chris Faulkner: > > >> Make sure in your BIOS to have Legacy USB and USB Keyboard and Mouse > > >> Enabled > > >> > > >> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Gerhard Erker 1<aon.913247...@aon.at> > > >> wrote: > > >> > Hello > > >> > I have a Microsoft wireless Laser Keyboard 6000 V2.0 and the Microsoft > > >> > wireless Laser Mouse 6000. > > >> > I tried to install Gentoo for AMD64 from the minimal installation cd. > > >> > Unfortunately, when I booted, my keyboard was not recognized. I tried > > >> > to > > >> > boot with the hardware-option "doscsi", but it worked not. I saw that > > >> > the "Num Lock" light is on when I switch on the computer. I can also > > >> > write Boot-Options. When booting the gentoo-kernel for installation, > > >> > Num-Lock switches off and my keyboard will not work. > > >> > My Keyboard works on all Linux- and windows installations. Also I don't > > >> > found help in Google. > > >> > Can anyone help me? > > >> > My configuration: > > >> > Intel Quadcore Q6600 2.4GHZ > > >> > Two SATA harddisks > > >> > Nvidia Geforce 9600 > > >> > 4 GB Memory > > >> > > > >> > If some of you have questions about configuration ... please let me > > >> > know. > > >> > > > >> > Thanks in advance for your help > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Gerhard Erker > > >> > > > >> > p.s.:Excuse my english > > > > Hi Gerhard, > > There's nothing wrong with your English and it's far better than my > > German! > > > > I'm not clear whether you cannot use the keyboard at all, or > > whether it's not there when you've finished booting? When you first > > start booting the AMD64 install CD there's a point where you can > > choose the kernel you want to boot. The options there allow you to > > look at hardware options. Are you saying the USB keyboard worked at > > this point, you could hit F1, F2, F3, etc. and it worked, but then > > failed to work after the kernel was done booting? > > > > I personally thought doscsi was mainly aimed at booting from scsi > > and USB drives and not for enabling keyboards, etc., so you might try > > it both ways. I see other options you might try: > > > > nolapic > > nosmp > > slowusb > > scandelay > > > > Unfortunately you really didn't provide the portion of your > > configuration that is most likely going to be the issue which is your > > chipset. > > > > It may be that you need a BIOS update to get full support for USB > > keyboards. My son has an Asus MB with an Intel Quad-Core and we never > > managed to install win XP with the USB keyboard. We did the install > > with a PS2 keyboard and then shifted over to USB when it was done. On > > the other hand I've got some older x86 machines that installed just > > fine with USB. > > > > - Mark > > > > > > Hello Mark, > > I can use the keyboard when the first message is there. So I can use the > hardware options. When the gentoo-kernel is booting, i have no keyboard. > I used doscsi because the handbook says that this option is used to boot > the most usb-devices, because they use the scsi subsystem of the kernel. > I tried it both ways. > Other configuration: > > ASUS Mainboard, Socket 775 Intel G31 Chipset > Networkcard on board Attansic Gigabit ethernet > Audio Realtek ALC662 6-Channel High Definition > > > I cannot understand why my keyboard not works. It works not only on an > desktop or with windows. It also worked, when I was in console mode, or > when I worked in the repair mode of windows xp installation cd. It works > also when I change options in bios. > I will try with the options you suggested. > I think, my last options will be to plug in my old ps2-keyboard for > install and after install try to use my keyboard. I have a working > system so it is not so important to bring gentoo in a short time to > work. > Many thanks for your help. I would be glad to hear more ideas > > Bye > > Gerhard Erker > >
Gerhard, Have you tried enabling evdev in make.conf under INPUT_DEVICES? i.e. in make.conf: INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" Lance
