I had a similiar problem <motherboard also had AT style kb connector>. Not sure how I 
got around it though. I thougt I was having a problem with my KVM switch, maybe there 
really is something with the way XFree handles old kb's. 

Wish I knew how it started working (after rebooting enough it automagically worked :P)

James

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 21:48:36 -0800 (PST)
Steve Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> I have an old Shuttle Hot 555a mother board (circa 1997) with a pentium 200mmx. I 
>can easily get the system to boot of the network with defaults. But I get neither 
>keyboard nor mouse but the logon screen comes up just fine.
> 
> The booger of it all is that the keyboard is not truly PS/2 type but a PS/2 keyboard 
>going through an 9pin Mini-Din to 5pin Din adapter to connect to the big, fat AT 
>connector on the mother board. The mouse is also not a PS/2 in the truest sense also 
>but is a PS/2 mouse connected to COM1 port by way of a PS/2 to DB9 adapter-looks like 
>a tiny space ship.
> 
> The setup works fine when I boot into Windows 2000.
> 
> There is a computer chop shop near my house which has a supply of old pre PII 
>systems that I would like to exploit. P-Pros CPUs for $20-cpu only. 
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Ish.
> 
> 
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