You probably need to turn off a BIOS option like "Legacy USB Keyboard/Mouse Support".
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, A.J. Aranyosi wrote: > Dhruba, > > I put a fair amount of effort into this problem (also running Gentoo, with > many different kernels), and ultimately concluded that the problem was > with the chipset - inserting the uhci or usb-uhci modules consistently > locked up the PS/2 keyboard. I also tried USB-to-PS/2 adapters for the > mice, but those mice don't speak PS/2. The only solution was to fork out > an extra $25 for a USB keyboard, which works fine on all the machines I've > tried. > > With regard to your last question, I don't think all the USB ports are the > same. When I plugged the keyboard and mouse into the two jacks next to > the ethernet port they would occasionally fail to be recognized, but they > work consistently if I plug them into two of the four ports below the > ethernet jack. I haven't tried the front ports yet. Hope this helps! > > -A.J. Aranyosi > > > Hello, > > > > First of all here are some details. > > > > OS:Gentoo Linux 1.4 > > Kernel:Vanilla 2.4.20 > > Hardware: Dell Dimension 8250 > > Motherboard: Intel 850E > > Mouse: Dell branded Logitech manufactured 3 buttons including > > scrollwheel > > > > I have a Dell branded logitech 3 button mouse plugged into a USB2 port. > > However, this mouse only responds with a protocol of ps/2 and device > > /dev/psaux in XF86Config and not with imps/2 and /dev/input/mice or any > > other setting. Now although the mouse works it occassionally freezes > > and at other times exhibits strange movement. > > > > Every relevant kernel option with the exception of usb1 support (uhci + > > uhci-je alternate) is turned on. The reason usb1 support is turned off > > is that it stops the ps2 keyboard from working when usb controller is > > turned on in the bios. And the problem of course if that if you remove > > usb1 support in kernel and turn on usb controller in bios the mouse does > > not respond to usb protocol. Also, current kernels do not seem to > > support the I850E chipset. > > > > It's a difficult issue and is frustating me greatly. Any help you can > > offer would be most appreciated and if you require any further > > information kindly ask. > > > > Finally, are all the usb ports on the dimension 8250 of version 2 or are > > there some version 1 ports too? > > > > Many thanks. > > Dhruba Bandopadhyay. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
