Simple question: Has anyone been able to boot Slack 9.1 Instal. CD with HID USB k&m?

Hi everyone

I am trying hard to find out some clues about the probs I am experiencing. I have already posted a number of threads here and on various forums and NG. I would really like to stick with Slack, if only I could get it going.

I would be grateful to see if anyone been able to boot Slackware 9.1 installation CD with HID USB keyboard & mouse?

In my case, the kernel hangs and I am not able to carry on. CD boot fien with ps/2 k&m.

I have downloaded the CD twice from different sources and burn 3 CDs of the disk 1.

If you have the CD and have a USB k&m, please just boot up and let me know.

I have written to support@slackware.com but have not yet received any replies.

Many thanks for your help and participation.

Slack worked fine with my usb keyboard.

Is that Slack 9.1?
Is that HID SUB k&m?

It's Slack 9, and I think it's hid. The mouse is ps2.

I am actually downloading Slack 9 CD and I am going to try it out. If it works, then there definitely is a bug in 9.1.

there might be a bug. When I installed on my laptop I had to manually load the modules using my laptop keyboard in order to get my usb keyboard going (press alt-F2 to get to a prompt). In fact I had to manually load the modules to get any of the usb devices working during intallation. If you don't have two kbd's like me, this of course doesn't help you.

when i install i cant have my usb speakers or mouse connected or it will lock up... for me its been like that since slack9.0 ... dont know what the problem is so i just disconnect them and install reconnect them and then load the drivers i need, but i still refuse to use plug and pray ... using pnp all i have to do is reconnect them and setup alsa.

I have actually downloaded Slack 9.0 yesterday and I run it and it DOES BOOT.

I have not installed it yet but will do so later.

I think [pretty sure] there is a USB bug in Slack 9.1.

Was Slack 9.0 one CD only?

Where is the rest of it?

I've mentioned this to you on the "other" thread... there's absolutely NO problem AT ALL booting Slack 9.0 OR 9.1 with USB keyboard and mouse...

And YES... I do use them... in fact I'm typing this on my USB keyboard and will click the submit button with my USB mouse.

Tnx Azmeen.

That is the problem. Why is it that it is not working for me?

I can't work it out. I have since cleaned up my HD to attempt a fresh install. I just tried booting Slack 9.1 CD four times and each time it hangs after:

usbkbd.c: USB HID Boot Protocol keyboard driver
usb.c: registered new driver hiddev
usb.c: registered new driver hid

I have a PackardBell Comp and PackardBell keyboard and mouse.

Keyboard: [Odyssey] HID model: 9201
Mouse: [Odyssey] HID compliant Logitech USB First/Pilot Mouse+ 3 bottun
model: m-u69

What shall I do?
Is it BIOS? Is it hardware? Is the keyboard? Is it the mouse?
Why Slack 9.0 boots OK and 9.1 doesn't?

I am really confused.

are we talking about booting or installing? Once installed, slack9.1 has no problems with booting with USB devices attached, but the installation was a different story for me. It seemed to detect the USB devices and loaded the modules (the power on the devices went on) but apparently immediately unloaded the modules (the power went down on all USB devices). I had to manually load the modules again to use my USB keyboard for installation (I have tow keyboards; one internal of the laptop and an external one).

at the boot prompt, try loading with usb.i (this is a kernel specifically meant for usb devices during install)

i believe u just need to type that in at the prompt where u have to type setup, instead of typing setup, type usb.i

Tnx.

TheOneAndOnlySM:
There is no usb.i kernel in Slack 9.1.



quatsch:
Let me clarify.
I have Packard Bell Athlon XP1900+, 512 RAM, HDa 40 gb win32, HDb 120 gb linux, PackardBell keyboard & mouse [Logitech].

I have made Slack 9.1 and 9.0 CDs.

- Slack 9.1 installation CD hangs on the boot with USB k&m.
- Slack 9.1 installation CD boots fine without USB k&m and with ps/2 k&m.

- Slack 9.0 installation CD boots fine with USB k&m.


I installed Slack 9.1 using ps/2 k&m.

- Slack 9.1 OS hangs on the boot with USB k&m.
- Slack 9.1 OS boots fine with ps/2 k&m.

I have cleaned up the HD and tried again.
- gentoo installation CD boots fine with USB k&m.
- gentoo OS boots fine with USB k&m.

- I plug the USB k&m into other computers [Compaq winXP pro] and it works fine [PnP].


What is it that I am missing?

the documentation on the 9.1. CD does say to type usb.i at the boot prompt to enable USB support. I don't see any usb.i on the disk, but it might be worth a shot.

Just to narrow down things, what happens when you boot w/o usb k&m and then plug them in? Does that work? Also, have you tried using just either USB kbd or mouse but not both? Maybe it's one of them that's causing the trouble.

Yes I did check them. There is no usb.i and by typing usb.i it would give an error.
I tried all combinations and none worked.

I must also point out that I have since installed Slack 9.0 which does not suffer form the same problems.

Going backward to go forward


However, some one posted a note in the NG mentioning:

Slackware 9.1 release notes

Support for USB keyboards is now integrated into the installer. If USB device detection causes problems (it shouldn't), it may be skipped by passing the kernel a "nousb" flag at boot. In the event that the keyboard doesn't work right away when the install CD is booted, wait. It will boot automatically after two minutes without a keypress, and then the kernel should find your keyboard.

How do I pass 'nosub' to kernel?
Do I just type 'nousb'?

???