On Wed, 20 May 2009 14:53:51 -0600 (MDT) "Matthew Walker" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, May 20, 2009 2:44 pm, Charles Curley wrote: > > Just for the halibut, I thought I'd try Gentoo on one of my FIT-PC > > 1s. (http://www.fit-pc.com/new/fit-pc-1-0-specifications.html) They > > use USB for the keyboard and rodent. I pulled in the minimal > > installation CD, burned it, and booted. The boot process works just > > fine. I can use the command line in isolinux to boot an appropriate > > kernel with options. Once the kernel boots, the keyboard no longer > > works. I don't see anything obvious in the boot options. Is there a > > known workaround for this? > > That's odd. They must have a very non-standand USB chipset in the > FIT. I've always had USB keyboards work just fine with the minimal CD. r...@chaffee:/var/cache/apt-cacher# lspci | grep -i usb 00:0f.4 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] OHC (rev 02) 00:0f.5 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] EHC (rev 02) r...@chaffee:/var/cache/apt-cacher# Ubuntu, including the alternative installation and finnix have no problem with it. > > Could you try the live CD, and see if that has better driver support? Pulling it in now, thanks. > -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
