Re: Why do I get this error message?
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 08:35:17AM -0600, Lance Simmons wrote:
| I'm getting this error message a lot:
|
| kernel: keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?
|
| Full disclosure: a few weeks ago I switched to one of those Microsoft
Microsoft? Did they put a check in the keyboard to ensure that it is
only used with a Microsoft OS? Perhaps you can pay them an Alternate
OS fee to enable the keyboard. <wink>
| ergonomic keyboards. (It's great!) So I assume that's the source of the
| error message (which I never got before). Does anyone know what's
| causing this message and how I can stop it?
|
What kind of motherboard do you have? Does it have a PS/2 port? I
don't think that any recently built keyboards work with the older AT
keyboard ports. I have the MS keyboard at work (NT 4.0 system) -- it
has a PS/2 connector and an adapter for USB. (Aside: does the USB
really only work with Win98 like they said or will it work with any
USB capable system?)
I have a different brand of ergo keyboard on my personal Debian
system. It has only a PS/2 connector and works fine.
I would recommend plugging a basic keyboard in and rebooting. If you
don't see the error, return your M$ keyboard immediately. (If you
want I can give you the brand/etc of my keyboard. It isn't curved as
nicely as the MS one but it has those cool buttons on the top -- now I
just need to write a driver to use those buttons :-))
HTH,
-D
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