Problem with PS2 -> USB Keyboard

exitsfunnel · n00b Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 57

Hi,

I'm having a strange problem with my Gentoo box. I have a PS2 keyboard which I plug into a USB adapter which I plug into one of the USB slots on the back of the box. When I do this and boot the machine what happens is that when I'm presented with the GRUB splash screen, the machine accepts the [Enter] keystroke to choose the default OS, but once Gentoo boots up, it won't accept any input from the keybard at all. If I take the USB adapter out of the picture and plug the keyboard directly into the PS2 slot on the back of the machine, everything works fine. I have no idea how to proceed. Does the make sense to anyone? Thanks in advance.

-exits

SnEptUne · l33t Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 656

It seems like you don't have the usb device driver loaded at startup. You should have uhci_hcd, ohci_hcd, or ehci_hcd compiled into the kernel or have the modules loaded.
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exitsfunnel · n00b Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 57

Hi SnEptUne,

Thanks for taking the time to reply. According to lsmod, I have all three of those modules loaded. I should mention also that my USB trackball functions and so did a previous USB Keyboard which was a Dell Wireless. My problems started when that keyboard died and I replaced it with an old PS2 keyboard I had lying around. The strange thing is that the PS2->USB adapter behind the KVM switch works fine for the windows machines behind the switch. It's only Gentoo which is complaining.

-exits