On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:27:23 -0500
"Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca> 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@comcast.net>