Upgrade from Redhat 9 to Fedora Core 3 - Search for answers

[Leila Lappin]

--- Leila Lappin <damovand at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> --- Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 6/14/05, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > On 6/14/05, Leila Lappin <damovand at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Wow thank you so much!
> > > >
> > > > I think I'm going to follow you advice about
> > PS/2.  If
> > > > I change USB to PS/2 do I still have to get
> into
> > the
> > > > setup mode and enable/disable legacy USB?
> > > 
> > > Maybe yes, maybe no. The 'crash' can come at
> > multiple places. It may
> > > be crashing (hanging) when it's trying to
> discover
> > the USB controller
> > > itself, or it may be crashing when it's trying
> to
> > decide what to do
> > > with a specific USB decide. I don't know how to
> > tell.
> > 
> > I was sleppy! That should ve been 'device', not
> > 'decide'!
> > > 
> > > Another trick you might try is to download
> another
> > distro's Live CD.
> > > Possibly a copy of Knoppix would boot and tell
> you
> > something about the
> > > hardware and what drivers are getting loaded. It
> > would also tell you
> > > if the hardware in this machine is well
> supported
> > and whether this is
> > > an FC3 problem only.
> > > 
> > > Now, when I buy new PCs at the store I take 3 or
> 4
> > boot CDs - Knoppix,
> > > Damn Small Linux, Gentoo, etc., and make sure
> the
> > PC will boot on of
> > > them. It's a good feeling to know what you're in
> > store for when you
> > > get home.
> > > 
> > > Good luck,
> > > Mark
> > > (Signing out for the evening.)
> > > 
> > 
> > Let us know how it's going Leila.
> > 
> > Good luck,
> > Mark
> > 
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> 
> I am very seriously grateful to all of you,
> 
> So far I am only sure of one thing to do.  I am
> going
> to convert the USB connection to a PS/2 type
> connection.  That is easy enough for me to do.
> However
> I suspect that will not be the end of the troubles. 
> Then I have to figure out how to tell the kernel
> that
> it has what it needs.  So, [here come the question],
> what do I need to do after physically changing the
> connection?  What parameters or options do I need to
> change in what files to pass that information to the
> kernel?
> 
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The mystery deepens,

It turns out I have PS/2 connection for my keyboard
and mouse.  If the problem is incompatibility between
kernel options and the device type then it must not in
the physical device but in the setup parameters.  Any
ideas? Have I misunderstood something?


		
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