Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:14:06 +0100 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: MB without keyboard controller / USB-only keyboard ? |
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On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 12:03:24PM +0100, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 23:24:59 +0100 > Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 11:42:47AM +0100, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > how do I work with a mb that contains no keyboard controller, but has only > > > USB for keyboard and mouse? > > > While booting the kernel I get: > > > > > > pc_keyb: controller jammed (0xFF) > > > > > > (a lot of these :-) > > > > > > and afterwards I cannot use the USB keyboard. > > > Everything works with a mb that contains a keyboard-controller, but where I > > > use a USB keyboard. > > > > Get 2.5. ;) It should work without a kbd controller ... you can even > > disable it in the kernel config ... > > Nice idea, but not acceptable as this setup is for production use, you simply > won't do that. > It would be helpful if there was a kernel parameter for disabling the > keyboard(-check) in 2.4. We found out that disabling it as kernel patch is not > the right way, as standard setups with keyboard controller do not work any > longer afterwards. This is a setup where user should be able to choose... > The box contains a BIOS where I can type around with USB-keyboard, btw.
Anyway, did you try 2.5? I just would like to know if the keyboard controller is properly not-detected and the system doesn't crash there?
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