HI, I've tried to run several live CD's (Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, Mandriva) and one embedded on a flash drive (DSL) but all of them have the same problem. When booting I can select from the boot menu (run live cd or whatever) with the keyboard, but when the desktop (in DSL) or the set up menus appear (PCLinuxOS and Mandriva) the mouse and keyboard simply do not work. The mouse cursor remains in the centre of the screen and the lock keys (num, scroll and caps) have no effect on the indicator lights. they are both regular ps/2 items, the motherboard is an ASRock K7S8X and I've got a Nvidia GeForce FX5200 Does anyone know why this may be happening and how I can fix it? thanks in advance.

Hey Buddy! Im sticking my neck out on this one but i think its probably your system isnt capible of running the newer distro's. But if you could post your system specs we'll have a good look at it. DSL or Damn Small linux is quite compact but id say try running it off a cd instead of a flash drive. It should work :D Kind Regards

I've seen this problem with USB devices, but not with PS/2 devices. Use the acpi=off option when booting.

[quote=alpinesatan.com]Im sticking my neck out on this one but i think its probably your system isnt capible of running the newer distro's. But if you could post your system specs we'll have a good look at it. DSL or Damn Small linux is quite compact but id say try running it off a cd instead of a flash drive. It should work :D [/quote] could be.. specs are as stated above plus cpu: AMD Athlon 2200+ memory: 640MB I've tried other live CDs but they also don't work [Modified by: celticJedi on December 24, 2007 12:11 AM]

it looks like I may have a solution. I've aquired a USB mouse, when plugging that in the mouse works, although the keyboard still does not. It seems my system does not like PS/2 and I may have to find a USB keyboard to get it working.

sorry thats what i kinda ment with regards to ps/2 mouse, but ps/2 keyboard im really not sure to be honest. have you followed sharma's advice??? Kind Regards

[quote=alpinesatan.com] have you followed sharma's advice??? Kind Regards[/quote] yes, but couldn't get anywhere. not sure what happened but just ended up in a command line environment, no GUI or anything I recognised.

did you run it at startup tho???

yes

Ah :S ok, in that case have a look at this http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net/quick.html#download If your new to this kinda thing read carefully. Good Luck let me know how you get on.

before you do that, have you got anyother devices plugged in??? like usb printer for example

yes, printer and webcam both on usb

[quote=alpinesatan.com]in that case have a look at this http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net/quick.html#download If your new to this kinda thing read carefully.[/quote] could be difficult typing in the commands if the keyboard's not working though [Modified by: celticJedi on December 29, 2007 06:11 PM]

LOL! duh, sorry man forgot :D Try unplugging the usb devies, before you boot up. Good Luck

thanks you