Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-23 Thread Simon Geard
On Mon, 2010-03-22 at 11:39 -0700, brown wrap wrote: I tried that. NO inputs work. Not USB or PS/2 mouse and old XT keyboard. Ok, that's something. If no input devices work, that might point to options under HID Devices not being enabled (HID = Human Interface Device). I have the following

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-23 Thread linux fan
On 3/23/10, Simon Geard delga...@ihug.co.nz wrote: On Mon, 2010-03-22 at 11:39 -0700, brown wrap wrote: I tried that. NO inputs work. Not USB or PS/2 mouse and old XT keyboard. Ok, that's something. If no input devices work, that might point to options under HID Devices not being enabled (HID

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-23 Thread linux fan
On 3/23/10, linux fan linuxscra...@gmail.com wrote: -- brown pastebin sys.log has http://pastebin.com/EGZYEdMe Mar 16 22:46:27 guajome-dome kernel: [9.460024] ehci_hcd :00:04.1: Unlink after no-IRQ? Controller is probably using the wrong IRQ. Someone

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-23 Thread brown wrap
Someone said boot parameter irqpoll is the key. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=81153highlight=noapic+usb OK ! That fixed the old keyboard. I can now at least log in from that. The USB ports don't work still, but at least I can now log into the console. Thank you. since I don't

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-23 Thread Ken Moffat
On 23 March 2010 22:50, brown wrap gra...@yahoo.com wrote: Someone said boot parameter irqpoll is the key. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=81153highlight=noapic+usb OK ! That fixed the old keyboard. I can now at least log in from that. The USB ports don't work still, but at least

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-23 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Ken Moffat wrote: On 23 March 2010 22:50, brown wrap gra...@yahoo.com wrote: Someone said boot parameter irqpoll is the key. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=81153highlight=noapic+usb OK ! That fixed the old keyboard. I can now at least log in from that. The USB ports don't work

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-23 Thread Mike McCarty
brown wrap wrote: Someone said boot parameter irqpoll is the key. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=81153highlight=noapic+usb OK ! That fixed the old keyboard. I can now at least log in from Great! Good work! Mike --

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-23 Thread brown wrap
Great! Good work! Mike Many thanks to LinuxFan, he is the one who discovered the fix. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-22 Thread Simon Geard
On Sun, 2010-03-21 at 10:27 -0700, brown wrap wrote: Well, I have tried dozens of configurations to try and get my USB ports to work and nothing has succeeded. There is a config that works, because my USB ports work on CentOS, but I am tired of fighting the issue. I simply want a

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-22 Thread linux fan
On 3/21/10, brown wrap gra...@yahoo.com wrote: I'd be happy to get any keyboard and mouse to work. I wonder is your usb problem just the keyboard and the mouse? In my config # CONFIG_KEYBOARD_XTKBD is not set # CONFIG_MOUSE_SERIAL is not set I always thought XTKBD was obsoleted long ago. To

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-22 Thread Mike McCarty
brown wrap wrote: [...] Your best bet, I think, is to use lsmod with CentOS running, and see what's loaded, and configure appropriately. I'd be happy to get any keyboard and mouse to work. Here is a link to the Knoppix problem, where none of the input devices work: I used a Knoppix dvd that

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-22 Thread linux fan
On 3/22/10, linux fan linuxscra...@gmail.com wrote: -When- does the keyboard start to not work? If it works at a console login but not in X-windows, that happened to me, and I reconfigured xorg-server to fix the scenario where dbus and hal were installed, but I was not running them, and thus

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-22 Thread brown wrap
Your best bet, I think, is to use lsmod with CentOS running, and see what's loaded, and configure appropriately. I used lsmod on the running CentOS and it must have had nearly 100 modules. Anyway, you might try replacing the USB mouse with a regular one, either PS/2 or serial port,

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-22 Thread Mike McCarty
brown wrap wrote: Your best bet, I think, is to use lsmod with CentOS running, and see what's loaded, and configure appropriately. I used lsmod on the running CentOS and it must have had nearly 100 modules. That isn't surprising. The point is to identify what modules are there, and see

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-22 Thread linux fan
On 3/22/10, brown wrap gra...@yahoo.com wrote: So now I went back to building a clean kernel that will at least boot again. Possibly try rm .config make defconfig ARCH=x86_64 Then make menuconfig and select things you know that you will need built into the kernel. Try to avoid making any

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-22 Thread linux fan
On 3/22/10, brown wrap gra...@yahoo.com wrote: Today I booted up the LFS 6.3 DVD and its works as well. I found its .config and tried to use it to build a kernal: make mrproper Copied it to .config make oldconfig make make modules_install and then copied everything to its place in

Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-21 Thread brown wrap
I have given up on the NVidia chipset and trying to get a kernel built that supports USB. I am now going to buy a PCI board, but don't want to go through this hassel again. I notice NEC and VIA chipsets on PCI boards. Which is more widelt supported? Thank you. --

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-21 Thread Andrew Benton
On 21/03/10 15:14, brown wrap wrote: I have given up on the NVidia chipset and trying to get a kernel built that supports USB. I am now going to buy a PCI board, but don't want to go through this hassel again. I notice NEC and VIA chipsets on PCI boards. Which is more widelt supported?

RE: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-21 Thread Gastón Cadenasso
Sorry about my english! I have tested a lot of VIA chipsets on PCI Boards and always works fine, but i don't know about NEC Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:14:22 -0700 From: gra...@yahoo.com Subject: Which chipset for USB? To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org I have given up on the NVidia

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-21 Thread brown wrap
. --- On Sun, 3/21/10, Andrew Benton b3n...@gmail.com wrote: From: Andrew Benton b3n...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Which chipset for USB? To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 9:49 AM On 21/03/10 15:14, brown wrap wrote: I have given up on the NVidia chipset

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-21 Thread William Immendorf
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Gastón Cadenasso g_cadena...@hotmail.com wrote: Sorry about my english! I have tested a lot of VIA chipsets on PCI Boards and always works fine, but i don't know about NEC Look in Device Drivers--USB Support, and there are lots of host controllers there, but

RE: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-21 Thread brown wrap
From: Gastón Cadenasso g_cadena...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: Which chipset for USB? To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 10:02 AM Sorry about my english! I have tested a lot of VIA chipsets on PCI Boards and always works fine, but i don't know about NEC Well, I