More information SuSE 8.1 with k_athlon and basically the same steps, works just fine. Could this be an issue with the processor actually being at 2.0GHz? It is possible that the other machines were only 2200+MP's. I will check into it. I know there are some things out there that do not like it at 2.0GHz or above, things like IOMeter (without patching) and such. Maybe there is a 32 bit int value in some keyboard code or something? Everything works well under 8.1 for now. Very very strange. Ideas welcome. -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Graham [mailto:jgraham@silverbacksystems.com] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 4:55 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] Problem with kbd and mouse 'disappearing' after first disk of 8.0 install is complete The keyboard and mouse do not work after the first disk has been installed and a reboot occurs. If no reboot, just the mouse goes away until the end of the install, then once you reboot, the keyboard is 'gone' too. Note the keyboard works in bios and in lilo screens, but goes away after kernel running. System specs Asus A7M266-D MB Athlon 2400+ MP (One processor only) 512 MB PC2100 Registered ECC memory (ATP) Sony CDU5211 CDROM WD 40GB HD Sapphire Rage 128 Ultra AGP 32M Logitech optical usb mouse Mitsumi keyboard Intel Pro 1000MT Server Adapter Installing SuSE 8.0 (problem exists after patching to latest as well) I am trying 8.1 right now, but we have not qualified it yet... so if it works there will still be more work. NOTE: I have installed 6 other systems with this hardware configuration successfully (with working kbd and mouse) and I have installed about 50-75 total systems with this os/package combo. Install process.... SuSE install partition 1 1GB swap partition 2 rest of disk / reiserfs Package selection -> detailed selection select all 'groups' except games search replace sendmail with postfix search add devfsd search to make sure k_deflt is being installed as there are issues with k_smp for some code we are working on (using k_athlon on 8.1 test) Go with install. Complete it, run following script to turn off unneeded server processes (yes I know I installed postfix and turned it off :) ) and to set initial time and enable ntp #!/bin/bash # script to turn off unneeded stuff for chkconfig for SuSE 8 mv /etc/ntp.conf /etc/ntp.conf.orig echo "server 10.0.16.2" > /etc/ntp.conf /usr/sbin/rcxntpd start chkconfig xntpd on chkconfig alsasound off chkconfig boot.crypto off chkconfig boot.isapnp off chkconfig boot.lvm off chkconfig boot.md off chkconfig boot.quota off chkconfig isdn off chkconfig nscd off chkconfig personal-firewall.final off chkconfig personal-firewall.initial off chkconfig postfix off chkconfig splash off chkconfig splash_early off chkconfig splash_late off Any clues as to why this may not be working? -- Jeff Graham <jgraham@silverbacksystems.com> Manager IT (408) 376-1350 Silverback Systems 695 Campbell Technology Parkway, Suite 150 Campbell, CA 95008