USB keyboard

[Ted Ozolins]

Susan Macchia wrote:

>
>I tried some other installing 7.3 using and when got a "kernel panic"
>error right off on boot.  Then I thought, hmmm, usb keyboard?  I
>removed the usb keyboard and put a generic non-usb keyboard on it;the
>8.0 install went without a hitch.  So I know have a working 8.0 system
>that I can experiment with networking and the like.  I also have my son
>using it to browse the net :-)
>
>But the real question for me is, why couldn't the installation deal
>with the usb keyboard?  If I plug the keyboard back in, will it work? 
>I haven't found too much on usb keyboards on the web or on the SxS
>site.
>
>Thoughts?
>
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I've run across this problem countless times doing installs RH and 
Mandrake. For some reason they have not included full support for USB in 
the default kernel. After installing with a standard keyboard and mouse, 
I've had to configure and compile the kernel to include full support for 
usb and usb initial file sys. Usually after a fresh install I got to 
kernel.org and acquire a vanilla kernel since I'll be compiling it 
anyway and go from there. As always YMMV.

-- 
Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO)
Westbank, B. C.

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