On that old of a machine you will want to stick to a PS/2 keyboard. A USB mouse should be fine (though it will not work through an RS-232 A/B switch).
Serial mice have always required some manual config (even on Windows) and are not worth the effort IMO. I am not sure why the keyboard is not working, you might want to try shutting down the PC, then re-seat the PS/2 connector. A USB keyboard will work except in the BIOS and likely not with GRUB either due to the limitations of the BIOSs of the time. You should be able to hot plug a USB keyboard to allow you to nicely shut down the computer. Hth, On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:30 AM, <t...@terralogic.net> wrote: > Its a Tyan Tiger 230T S2507T motherboard. It is unused. It support dual > PIII socket 370 CPU's up to 1.4 gHz (Tualatin) and up to 2 GB of ram. I have > 1.5 GB on board. > > It has the standard ATX ports which include USB, 2 serial and a parallel. It > has the mini connectors for KB and Mouse and I have the proper KB but don't > have any mice other than serial mice. > > During install the KB worked fine. > > The mouse is apparently ignored at all times. So I'll pick up a new mouse. > Thing is I use an A-B switch and its set up for serial mice. So maybe I can > get a conversion cable. > > Its a nice computer. I want the parallel and serial interfaces which is why > I'm not too interested in the new stuff. Also its fast enough for anything I > do. > > Its 2x the power of what I'm used to. Plus it will support the SCSI gear > that I have and it has lots of PCI slots so I can run multiple monitors and > so forth. > > I have no USB mice nor KB as everything I have sort of pre-dates USB. > However this has USB 2.0 so it should support it if required. > > Peripherals I have include a DLT7000, exabytes, SCSI flat bed scanner, > digitizing tablet. > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 09:45:23AM -0600, Gustin Johnson wrote: >> Does the keyboard work in the BIOS? If so does it work within GRUB? >> >> The mouse is not all that surprising since serial mice have not seen >> wide use in a very long time (the last one I saw was back in 1994 or >> 1995 on my parents 386 based Windows 3.1/DOS 5 computer that was >> already considered to be outdated). >> >> I am not sure what is wrong with the keyboard. What are the details >> about this computer? What are the ports that it has on the back? Are >> we sure that the keyboard actually works? What kind of connector does >> the keyboard have (PS/2, USB, or something old and or weird)? >> >> There are many different versions of the 11.04 installer. If you >> check Simon's link you will see the alternate install disk as well as >> the server oriented .iso. I doubt that any of the installers will >> automatically handle a serial mouse as this is kind of hard to do. It >> is easy to forget how awesome USB is for peripherals like input >> devices. >> >> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 5:34 PM, <t...@terralogic.net> wrote: >> > I have a copy of 11.04 here. I can put it up on the server. >> > >> > My issue is the O/S is in and the KB and mouse won't work. At this point >> > I have no idea what the installer did. I'm also very frustrated. I will >> > try to calm down. >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 04:59:35PM -0600, Gustin Johnson wrote: >> >> Oh yes I forgot, use the GUI (default) installer for an easy to use >> >> installation. If you need something more flexible, there has always >> >> been the alternate (aka Debian) installer. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Gustin Johnson <gus...@meganerd.ca> >> >> wrote: >> >> > The Shaw mirror is pretty sweet for a basic download. >> >> > >> >> > The current speeds for the torrents are pretty good as well. >> >> > >> >> > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 8:27 AM, <si...@mungewell.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> I haven't tried the latest (11.10) yet. Experience tells me to wait a >> >> >>> few weeks - even if just to miss the rush and way slow downloads from >> >> >>> the *buntu servers. In a few days the rush will calm down. But as >> >> >>> with >> >> >>> any new OS, give it a week or three to let it stabilize some. >> >> >> >> >> >> Just as a FYI there are a good set of CD image mirrors: >> >> >> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+cdmirrors >> >> >> >> >> >> The Shaw one is really fast if you're with the Shaw network... >> >> >> Simon >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> clug-talk mailing list >> >> >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> >> >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> >> >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> >> >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> clug-talk mailing list >> >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > clug-talk mailing list >> > clug-talk@clug.ca >> > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> > **Please remove these lines when replying >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
