On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 10:52 PM, J. Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: > On Fri, October 18, 2013 05:33, Dale wrote: >> Bruce Hill wrote: >>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 04:40:52PM -0500, Dale wrote: >>>> Well, this is interesting. I swapped out the mobo. First, it has the >>>> UEFI BIOS thing. That was interesting for sure. I'm not complaining >>>> but not used to it and wasn't expecting it either. Second, it works >>>> except for the third part. Third thing is, no mouse worky. It works >>>> in >>>> the BIOS but not in the OS. I have gpm set to start and it doesn't >>>> work >>>> in a console or a GUI. I tried everything I can think of, no mouse. I >>>> had to swap again. I'm back to my old mobo. Here is the kicker. I >>>> plugged the USB mouse into the old mobo, it works just fine. It works >>>> in KDE, console etc. It just works. The only kernel change I made was >>>> for the chipset on the mobo. I left the USB stuff alone. >>>> >>>> Instead of me posting a lot of worthless stuff, what do y'all need me >>>> to >>>> post? Keep in mind, I'm on my old mobo and it works on here. I got >>>> the >>>> kernel config tho. It's a start, I hope? I followed this wiki howto. >>>> >>>> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/USB/HOWTO >>>> >>>> Thoughts? What do you need to figure this out? >>>> >>>> Dale >>> Obliviously something simple, but why don't you throw your BB gun in the >>> truck >>> and come over so we can sight in the .44 magnum? >>> >>> Put all the stuff on the new mobo, boot with SystemRescueCD, see that >>> the >>> mouse works, take 2 aspirins, and let's go from there. >> >> That was my plan B, Sysrescue. It wouldn't boot either. It gets to the >> point where it is trying to find the USB stick, then errors out because >> it can't find it which is odd since it is plugged into a USB port and >> the mousey don't work from there either. Thing is, it works just fine >> with the old mobo. I actually tested it, mounted some stuff and >> everything. Works fine on old mobo, errors out on the new one. I also >> switched back to the legacy and desabled the UEFI stuff. It still >> didn't work. It does try to boot from it tho so it does see the USB >> stick at first. It just can't see it later on. Hmmmm. > > Is USB-support ENABLED in the BIOS-settings? >
I suspect this. Since the UEFI BIOS (or whatever it's supposed to be called) is mouse-driven-able, the USB is turned on _while_in_the_UEFI_BIOS_. Outside of the UEFI BIOS, the USB might be enabled/disabled based on the settings inside the UEFI BIOS. Rgds, -- FdS Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ • LOPSA Member #15248 • Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com • Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan
