On Nov 24, 2007 8:40 PM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I have an ACER laptop with a patched FC4, and wanted to test before > going to FC8. Booting the live CD (GNOME) I got through the grub menu > just fine, mouse and keyboard working, and through the graphical boot, > and both the mouse and keyboard could be used... > > But as soon a the desktop came up, the mouse touchpad worked, but the > keyboard and the buttons didn't. > > Since this works fine on FC4 and all through the startup, I consider > hardware issues unlikely at best, at least broken hardware, I can > believe that X is so confused that it's not working, but the live CD > leaves no log I can examine after the fact. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Hi Bill Davidsen, I guess if I were you I would: 1. Google my Brand and Model number in connection with Linux and Keyboard and Mouse. I Googled your Brand and the rest minus the model number and found lots of interesting issues with Acer KVM in a wide variety of OSs. I am not sure what to make of it. 2. Perhaps you have already tried this but you can obtain a root terminal by holding down Control and Alternate (ctl + alt) and tapping any of F1 thru F6 (you can return to X with a ctl + alt + F7). I have read that on some Acer machines the above mentioned key combinations are mapped to send Function + F? rather than ctl + alt + F?. This can apparently be overcome by tapping the F? key twice fairly rapidly. 3. Try an external keyboard and/or mouse. 4. Try some boot options (check out F1 at the first Live CD setup screen). 5. Check out the CMOS setup for any options which may relate. Good Hunting! Tod
