[SOLVED] Unable to Install Vector Linux 7.1 Keyboard and Mouse not Recognized
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Unable to Install Vector Linux 7.1 Keyboard and Mouse not Recognized
After burning the VL64-7.1-STD.iso to DVD I tried to install this distro to a 64-bit desktop with an i7 Intel processor.
This desktop was custom built and is only 2 years old.
As soon as the installer loads and takes me to the first screen to start the installation the mouse and keyboard are not recognized.
The same thing happens with a Live USB flash drive.
The keyboard and mouse are made by: Roccat and have worked well with a handful of Linux distributions.
I tried passing 'noapic' to the boot line but that isn't working.
If I had this problem I'd boot something else (I carry SystemrescueCD on USB stick in my pocket) and run lsusb -t to see what hardware you have. You need to know what driver is loaded and what USB version is use.
After a little research I'm also going to try going into the BIOS and enabled the IOMMU if it's disabled. It worked for a few folks in a couple of threads I found online.
Checked in the BIOS in IO configuration and in Peripherals; no setting for IOMMU to be enabled.
Code:
localhost ~]$ lsusb -t
/: Bus 04.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/6p, 5000M
/: Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/14p, 480M
|__ Port 3: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
|__ Port 3: Dev 2, If 1, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
|__ Port 4: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
|__ Port 4: Dev 3, If 1, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
/: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/2p, 480M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/8p, 480M
/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/2p, 480M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/6p, 480M
See, you have everything plugged into USB3. But there are USB2 ports in this system. My guess is Vector kernel for some reason cannot handle USB3 on this motherboard.
See, you have everything plugged into USB3. But there are USB2 ports in this system. My guess is Vector kernel for some reason cannot handle USB3 on this motherboard.
I talked to the Roccat developer that built the drivers for this particular keyboard and mouse about a year ago. He explained he made sure during the build that the hardware would be compatible with Linux.
A handful of distributions have been stable on this desktop so this leads me to what you've said:
kernel 3.18 just doesn't seem to be working along with this mobo, keyboard and mouse.
-::-If the lack of recognition continues I'll have to install another distribution.-::-
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