On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 03:08:40PM -0400, Adam Goode wrote: > It's a known problem for this machine, and related to the sound driver > being loaded. When the kernel initializes the sound driver, all USB and > PS/2 ports die. > > Workaround: Disable USB controller in the BIOS, or don't load sound > driver :) > > Look for "sound problem" or "keyboard" in messages related to the > 380/380N: > http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-precision/2005-July/thread.html > > > Strangely, the FC4 kernel works perfectly, but I have no idea why. > Gentoo works fine, until coldplug runs and loads the audio driver, then > keyboard and mouse are dead. I guess Debian loads modules at the > beginning of the installer...
I didn't think sound modules were included in the debian installer. After all why would you include them? But certainly some indication the ps2/usb interface on that machine is broken in some way. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
