Fedora Core 1.0, kernel-2.6.0-0 & PS2 keyboard problem

[Will Cohen]

Cokey de Percin wrote:
> I'm having problems using a ps2 keyboard with the just released 2.6
> kernel and Core 1.0.  I downloaded, configured, compiled & installed the
> released 2.6.0 kernel (kernel-source-2.6.0-0.1.14.i386.rpm) and
> everything went smoothly until I tried to login from the 1st console (X
> is turned off locally) and the keyboard didn't work.  Thinking I had
> done something stupid when I rolled by own kernel, I pulled down a
> prebuilt kernel (kernel-2.6.0-0.1.14.i686.rpm) and installed it.  No
> change.  
> 
> The situation is I can telnet in or use remote X and everything works as
> it should but when I try to use the local ps2 keyboard in the default
> text console, the system doesn't seem to recognize it.  I can boot with
> the original kernel (2.4.22-1.2115.nptl) and the keyboard works
> correctly in the text consoles.  
> 
> I've searched the archives, but haven't found anything that fits this
> problem.  Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> The hardware is an elderly ASUS P3B-F with 512M & 300Mhz processor.  It
> has USB, but no devices.  No ATA, SCSI disk & CDROM hung off an Adaptec
> 2940 Ultra2 SCSI adapter.

I had a similar problem with a Dell Dimension 4600 with PS2 mouse and 
keyboard. It seemed that turning off the BIOS "USB Emulation" (makes USB 
mouse and keyboard appear like PS2 devices)  made the problem go away. 
Maybe your machine has a similar BIOS setting.

-Will