no keyboard

crovax123 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 159

i just installed my gentoo linux system o my laptop but when i restart i dont seem to be able to type anyting after i started everithing whit grub
i dont get any error mesages
can anybody say how i can get my keyboard to work so i can continue setting up my gentoo system

crovax123 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 159

i also tested an extern keyboard and it ditnt work also

Maedhros · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:07 pm Post subject:

Possibly a silly question, but have you got keyboard support enabled in your kernel?

crovax123 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 159

how can i check this i can type in the instalation prompt i used and in grub

Maedhros · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:27 pm Post subject:

Boot with a liveCD, mount all your partitions, and chroot into your new system like you did when you installed. (You don't need to do any of the extra bits on the way this time though.) Then do the following:

crovax123 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 159

it has an m in front of it if it is the right one i am gonna check that
but m means module so do i need to load it tn any way??

Maedhros · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:48 pm Post subject:

Did you use genkernel to set up your kernel in the first place?
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crovax123 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 159

yes i dit it whit genkernel
i dit not want to try it the hard way

Maedhros · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 9:30 pm Post subject:

Ah. In that case the initrd should be loading the right module for you. Hmmm. Maybe you should look into making your own kernel? There are lots of threads about it here, and it really isn't that difficult at all! It might take a few goes to get it right, but such is life. I think this must be a genkernel problem, but I've never used it before, so I can't really help you with it I'm afraid...
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crovax123 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 159

no problem now i got an asterix before it but it stil does not work :-(

need help badly

Maedhros · Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:31 am Post subject:

This is quite strange... just to check, did you compile your kernel after putting support for it in there?
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crovax123 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 159

how do i compile it???

Maedhros · Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 8:12 am Post subject:

Aha, I think this thread can help you with that (better than I can anyway!) https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=58787.

And after that, the rest of the section may be useful: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=24626
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cyrillic · Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 12:58 am Post subject:

Look at this thread for your keyboard problem.
No Keyboard

crovax123 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 159

thanks for the help i jult finished my instalation and was able to login