[NTLUG:Discuss] USB Keyboards (again)

[MadHat]

On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 13:17, Chris Cox wrote:
> MadHat wrote:
> > So I have the tablet.  I have decided to move away from RedHat and look
> > at other distributions.  I tryed mandrake and decided it wasn't for me. 
> > Try Gentoo and couldn't get it to recognize my CDROM drive.  Suse,
> > doesn't get the USB keyboard or CDROM.  This thing does not have a PS2
> > connection for anything, I can use the built in keyboard, but that makes
> > it a pain in the ass to use the docking station, which is the CD/DVD
> > ROM....
> > 
> > So is there a Linux distribution that has figured out that USB keyboard
> > are common now and should be supported at Install time, not just post
> > install?  This is the 3rd time I have run into this issue and the last 2
> > times I have just used another OS because I didn't want to mess with
> > it...
> > 
> 
> Hmm... you know, at the college I install onto Dell's with USB
> keyboards all of the time with SuSE 8.0 and now with SuSE 8.1.
> 
> Don't know about the CDROM issue.

I  had to go in and manually install the drivers for each before it
would work.  The CD was only necessary to boot from, more or less, but
it kept freaking out.  I have 8.1 installed now and have the internal
keyboard working, but not an external one.  Same goes for the mouse.

I  haven't installed the drivers for the pen yet, but had that working
under RH.  Have the 10/100 card working, but haven;t looked at the
wireless yet. Etc...

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