On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:27:23 -0500
"Douglas A. Tutty" <
dtutty@...> wrote:
> How do you start X. Is it with a display manager or do you log into a
> terminal and run startx?
I typically use XDM, but startx does the same thing. Interestingly any X11R6 display driver shows the issue (vga, vesa, etc.)
> If you can, get it set so that you use startx. This ensures that wscons
> works and that the keyboard works. I'm assuming that your X config
> points to the wscons device.
>
> Also, have a look in the BIOS for some USB/legacy settings.
This is one of the places I was going to look into.
> Never having owned a USB keyboard, this is just some ideas.
>
> Good luck.
I forgot to mention that this is an AOpen vK8T800a-LF motherboard if that helps.
Is it normal to panic the machine when plugging in a PS/2 keyboard while the machine is running?
Not a real huge issue for me - I can shove an old PS/2 keyb behind the machine for a while to get by.
THanks,
- Jesse
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Jesse Peterson <
jpeterson275@...>
