Hinnerk van Bruinehsen <h.v.bruineh...@fu-berlin.de> writes: > On 01.06.2012 10:33, Harry Putnam wrote: >> On a fresh install on older dell P4, I've been unable to get the >> usb keyboard to respond. >> >> It responds at the grub screen, but once past there... no response >> > <SNIP> >> >> Anyone have ideas on this? >> >> > > So your keyboard works within the bios and in grub, but not once the > pc is booted?
Thanks for your response and yes you have it right. > Sounds like a driver-issue to me. You should check the kernel config > for usb and hid options. You'll notice, in another post I announced that problem may have unexpectedly sidestepped. > CONFIG_HID and CONFIG_USB_HID especially come to my mind. (Sorry, can't even check that since I'm now trying to install WinXP over that gentoo install) Thanks, when this roles around again sometime I'll have some idea what to be looking for during kernel build. I'll say though, and as reported in OP, I once had a very similar problem that turned out to be a simple bio setting. It was not so simple to find the setting, but still just a matter of enabling or disabling something.... I hope I find my old notes soon. I was hoping someone might recognize the problem and be able to remember the bios item[s]
