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Bug 60466 - I can't type anything when running the Minimal A64 2004.2 Gentoo LiveCD.
Summary: I can't type anything when running the Minimal A64 2004.2 Gentoo LiveCD.
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Release Media
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware: AMD64 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: AMD64 Project
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Reported: 2004-08-15 13:53 UTC by atherist
Modified: 2005-03-25 14:13 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description atherist 2004-08-15 13:53:33 UTC
This is what I have:

ASRock K8S8X
A64 3200+
Corsair PC-3200

When I boot up, I can hit F2 to go into BIOS. When the
Minimal A64 2004.2 Gentoo LiveCD boots, I can enter boot
options.

But after that, my keyboard stops working. It goes into the
Gentoo screen, but I can't type anything whatsoever. It's weird
because Num Lock is active on the keyboard, although I can't
disable it by hitting the Num Lock key, nor can I enable other
things like Caps Lock. And of course, none of the other keys
work either.

I thought that it might be a USB problem.

The USB options in my BIOS are:

Onboard USB - Enabled
USB2 Support - Enabled
USB Legacy Mode - Enabled

(When I didn't have USB Legacy Mode on, I couldn't even enter
boot options).

I tried fiddling around with these options, but to no avail.

I have no idea what's the problem, so I asked around.  A lot of people have suggested that it might be a bug (maybe incompatibility with the motherboard), so here I am.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Just boot.
Actual Results:  
2.  Couldn't type.

Expected Results:  
Typed.
Comment 1 Jason Huebel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-12-30 18:12:25 UTC
Known problem with <=2004.3. Will address this in 2005.0.
Comment 2 Teo 2005-03-13 07:58:35 UTC
Got same problem with USB Keyboard and LiveCD 2004.3 but x86.
My config:
Abit AT7-Max2 + AMD AthlonXP 2200+ (Thorton).
Comment 3 Teo 2005-03-13 07:59:21 UTC
Got same problem with USB Keyboard and LiveCD 2004.3 but x86.
My config:
Abit AT7-Max2 + AMD AthlonXP 2200+ (Thorton).
Comment 4 Danny van Dyk (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-03-25 14:13:59 UTC
2004.2 is unsupported for some time already.