(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

hi,

i'm working on NetVista X41 (i think) and it's got a USB keyboard and mouse.

i did a hard drive install of puppy as the only os.

my problem is that i need the USB keyboard for grub (clearly bios supports usb keyboard--PS2 keyboard doesn't work at this point), but then only a PS2 keyboard will work within puppy. have gone through the "mouse/keyboard wizard" and rebooted to no avail.

no luck with the mouse either.

i'm very new to this, and obviously don't want to have two keyboards.

thanks,
lickthefrog

You don't say which version of Puppy. Try Puppy2 alpha if you are using an earlier version.

Puppy2 Beta will be out in a few days that has the 2.6 kernel and better USB keyboard support - wait for that

WHOOPS! sorry for not posting my puppy version. i won't make that mistake again.

i have 1.08 installed on the hard drive.

so, before puppy 2 comes out, is there a way i can get the usb keyboard to work? probably through downloading a driver or something. (i'm trying puppy 2 alpha now).

i'm sorry, i'm only beginning to learn linux.

i remember i had to find a driver to get puppy on an old laptop with usb ethernet. that was pegasus something and i managed to figure that one out. is there a similar solution to my usb keyboard problem?

thank you,
lickthefrog

have you checked to see if the module is loaded??
if there is no output then it isn't loaded try
and see if you get any joy.