Bug#697035: installer: kb and mouse don't work on a decTop (NSC geode processor)
Hello KiBi,
> What keyboard and mouse are you using?
>
> Mraw,
> KiBi.
>
Totally generic USB kb and USB mouse, i swap them around between
various other machines, mostly running debian squeeze on generic amd64
hardware, and they work ok everywhere else. i've also used the same
kb/mouse on the same decTop machine, up to and including debian
lenny. the problems began when i tried to upgrade the os from lenny,
first to squeeze, then to wheezy when that didn't work. some more info
that might or might not be useful:
1. kb and mouse work fine with same hardware (decTop) with knoppix 6.7
2. they also work ok after booting debian live once X.org is running.
3. i tried the wheezy beta4 installer. in textmode neither the kb or
mouse work.
4. in the wheezy b4 installer in graphical mode, the mouse worked but
not the kb.
5. so just for fun, i tried doing the install in graphical mode using
only the mouse, accepting the default text input for every
question. when it wanted a username and passwd for the non-root user,
i used the mouse to copy and paste text from the screen to make the
installer happy. the installation succeeded, and i was able to boot
into the textmode-only system and the kb worked ok in the installed
system.
6. unfortunately, i also need encrypted partitions, so i had to redo
the installation. since the kb and mouse both work in X.org on the
live cd's, i figured i'd i try running the installer from X using the
"testing" debian-live cd. alas, it froze (memory leak?), while
creating a large ext4 filesystem on the target.
7. next, i tried the "stable" debian-live cd, again running the
installer from X. so as to be able to use the kb and mouse. the
installation completed, encrypted filesystems and all, but alas the
installed system wouldn't boot, since the necessary infrastructure
wasn't in place to get the kb working early in the boot process for
cryptsetup.
it seems like some fairly simple config problem, since the kb and
mouse work ok in X, and also usually work in textmode on a
fully-booted system. i hope you can get it working, at this point
i've pretty much run out of options with linux for these machines and
am about to try kfreebsd.
thanks, and good luck! let me know if i can help in any way.
phil.
btw, the DecTop doesn't have any ps/2 kb or mouse ports, just 4 USB
1.1 ports for everything: kb, mouse, ethernet and usb stick for
booting the installer.
--- On Wed, 1/2/13, Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote:
> From: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
> Subject: Re: Bug#697035: installer: kb and mouse don't work on a decTop (NSC geode processor)
> To: "Phil McCracken" <philmccracken58@yahoo.com>, 697035@bugs.debian.org
> Date: Wednesday, January 2, 2013, 5:19 PM
> Hi Phil,
>
> Phil McCracken <philmccracken58@yahoo.com>
> (30/12/2012):
> > 00:0f.4 USB Controller [0c03]: National Semiconductor
> Corporation CS5535 USB [100b:002f] (rev 06)
> > Subsystem: National Semiconductor
> Corporation CS5535 USB [100b:002f]
> > Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
> > 00:0f.5 USB Controller [0c03]: National Semiconductor
> Corporation CS5535 USB [100b:002f] (rev 06)
> > Subsystem: National Semiconductor
> Corporation CS5535 USB [100b:002f]
> > Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
>
> (fwiw ohci_hcd is included in the usb-modules udebs.)
>
> > <syslinux booted the installer ok, kb worked before
> booting the
> > kernel. but the moment it tried to use the installer
> kernel, the kb and
> > mouse stopped working with the ncurses installer. using
> the gtk installer,
> > the mouse worked, but the kb never did. how sad. btw i
> successfully (that
> > is, the kb and mouse worked) booted the machine from a
> USB stick with
> > knoppix 6.7 in order to get the lspci -knn listing
> above.>
>
> What keyboard and mouse are you using?
>
> Mraw,
> KiBi.
>
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