Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New mobo change

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

Am 20.10.2013 07:39, schrieb Dale:
> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>> Am 18.10.2013 05:54, schrieb Dale:
>>> Walter Dnes 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.
>>>>   I've run into this in the past.  The USB 2.0 drivers are *SUPPOSED* to
>>>> provide support for lowspeed USB 1.X devices, like mice and keyboards.
>>>> But it doesn't always work that way.  There is direct USB 1.X driver
>>>> support in the kernel.  In "make menuconfig", got to...
>>>>
>>>> Device Drivers  --->
>>>> [*] USB support  --->
>>>> < >     OHCI HCD support
>>>> < >     UHCI HCD (most Intel and VIA) support
>>>>
>>>>   I don't see any mention in your message whether the motherboard cpu is
>>>> AMD or Intel.  Generally, build UHCI for Intel+VIA, OHCI for AMD.  Try
>>>> it out and see what happens.
>>>>
>>> Mine is AMD based.  I have this right now but tried every other version
>>> I could find too.
>>>
>>> <*>   xHCI HCD (USB 3.0) support
>>> <*>   EHCI HCD (USB 2.0) support
>>> <*>   OHCI HCD support
>>> [*]     Generic OHCI driver for a platform device
>> there you go. platform driver. Take that one out.
>> Make the rest modules.
>> Amd board? kill uhci while you are at it.
> Change made.  I plan to give this a shot again before to long.  I got a
> few thigns to try out now.  I updated sysrecue and Knoppix.  I also put
> them both on CD/DVD to just in case it is a USB issue.  At least I can
> test some things and hopefully find one that works. 
>
> Thanks for all the help.  I'll post back what happens.  If it doesn't
> work next time or fails from sysrescue/Knoppix, I plan to RMA the board
> for another one.  If it doesn't work with either of those, then I
> suspect hardware issues again. 
no, the mouse works in bios - so it is not a hardware issue, but in
worst case a bios setting issue.