From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0) Description of problem: Ever since kernels post the official Redhat 7.1 release, I cannot get either keyboard or mouse functionality after installation is complete. Keyboard functionality still exists until XWindows starts up. Once the GUI logon screen appears, there is absolutely zero keyboard or mouse functionality. The problem still exists with the Roswell beta release. Maybe this is just an XFree86 issue. How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. After installing Redhat 7.1 (set KDE as default GUI) , apply all the updates, and update the kernel. reboot. No keybord or mouse functionality at logon screen. OR 2. Install Redhat Roswell beta then (set KDE as default GUI) reboot. Same thing - no keyboard or mouse functionality at logon screen. 3. Actual Results: Exactly what's stated Expected Results: I should have keyboard and mouse control; otherwise, the system is pretty damn useless. Additional info: Motherboard: Asus TX97-E with latest BIOS Processor: Intel Pentium 233 MMX Keyboard: Compaq keyboard Mouse: Logitech Firstmouse+Wheel SCSI Host Adapters: Adaptech 2940UA Drives: Quantum 4.3 GB SCSI <--- Where Linux is installed Western Digital 2.5 GB EIDE <--- Where WinME is installed Mitsumi 8x SCSI CD-ROM IOMEGA 1 GB JAZZ SCSI IOMEGA ZIP 100 SCSI 1.44 MB Floppy Drive Video: ATI Expert@Play 98 (Rage PRO Turbo) Network: NetGear FA310TX Modem: 3Com/USR 33.6 K D/V/F Internal ISA
Having a similar problem (beginning with 7.1b - no problems with 7.0 and earlier releases). Description above is exactly what I'm getting. Running an *old* machine (P166) with hardware that should -definitely- be compatible - no recently released or obscure hardware here that could be causing a conflict. (While rebooting immediately after installation, Kudzu pops up and tells me that my PS/2 mouse has been removed from the system. --???) After that, anything that attempts to access the mouse freezes the mouse and keyboard, whether X is running or not. If I ssh or telnet in and kill off whatever process is trying to access the mouse, I get the keyboard back. No problems with RH 7.0 and earlier - problem with mouse driver? Trying other linux distributions to see if it's strictly a problem with this distribution or if it's a problem with the new kernel.
I installed Red Hat 7.2 on an E-Machine 600id desktop (with the following additions: Microsoft PS/2 compatible IntelliMouse model 1.1A; a Diamond Monster Voodoo based acceleration video card; Lite-On 16x10x40 CD-RW; an extra 128 MB RAM). The only important item, I believe, in the previous list is the MS IntelliMouse. Here's the meat of my message: RH 7.2 did not detect my mouse correctly. So I corrected it and choose the IntelliMouse protocol. The installation on a whole went well until I tried to reboot. Once I was even at the command line, I lost function of both the keyboard and the mouse. This has only been effectually corrected by entering interactive mode and disabling GPM. This, however, does not correct the XFree86 problem. If I 'startx' I always lose the keyboard and the mouse, even though all was well immediately after the installation. I was able to explore and enjoy the newer release of gnome and my sound card even worked along with the wheel on the mouse. Well, in my frustration I reinstalled SuSE 7.0. I forgot about all my previous experiences with it, and every other distribution: "don't chose the IntelliMouse protocol when setting up the mouse!" The reason being is that I ended up with the exact same problem in SuSE 7.0 as in Red Hat 7.2: lose of mouse and keyboard function after having choosen the IntelliMouse protocol for the mouse set up. (the result was the same for Gnome and KDE2) I won't know until Tuesday, when I get my disks back, whether or not this will make the difference for me or not. I will let you know. Thank you, William Totman Arlington, TX
My problem has been solved simply by going with what Red Hat 7.2 detected automatically during the install instead of trying to tell it that my mouse was an MS IntelliMouse. Therefore the protocol was changed and everything works fine. However I did for get to test whether the iwheel was wroking or not. If not then I expect I can cut and paste from the first XFConfig-4 that I got from the first install to, hopefully add support for it.