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oni5115

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Registered: 2009-01-10

Posts: 38

USB installation, No USB Keyboard / Mouse?

I have an Intel DH57JG motherboard with a Logitech G700 mouse and Logitech K740 keyboard.  The motherboard has no PS2 ports at all, so I cannot use adapters.

When I get to the installation page, neither my mouse nor keyboard are responsive. 

Side note:
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS also did this.
Mythbuntu 12.04 LTS, worked fine.  (No clue why here, rather odd since it is based on Ubuntu.)

Are there any BIOS settings I should check?
Are there configuration options I can edit on the USB stick?

falconindy

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From: New York, USA

Registered: 2009-10-22

Posts: 4,111

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Re: USB installation, No USB Keyboard / Mouse?

When I get to the installation page, neither my mouse nor keyboard are responsive.

Installation page? What are you referring to? There's no such thing on the install media -- just a shell and some helper scripts to ease the process.

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oni5115

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Registered: 2009-01-10

Posts: 38

Re: USB installation, No USB Keyboard / Mouse?

I mean, when I boot to the system using the USB.  At the first Arch screen that asks if you want to:
1) Boot Arch (x86_64)
2) Boot Arch i686
3) Boot Existing OS
etc.

At this point, I have no mouse or keyboard to make a selection.   Honestly, not sure where I got page from.  Sorry for any confusion.

Update:
Well, it turns out the Logitech K740 is not liked by the Intel DH57JG BIOS either.  It lit up, but failed to function in any meaningful way.  Even when I tried to unplug/plug it.   Found an old microsoft USB media keyboard in the basement.  That worked fine in the BIOS.  Turned on legacy USB mode (just in case).

Then decided to try the K740 again.  Nothing... until I unplugged/plugged it back in.  Now that causes it to work.  (This did not work prior to BIOS change.)

I have not tried using the media keyboard directly for Arch yet.  I suspect it will work just fine, as it did in the BIOS.

Last edited by oni5115 (2014-03-24 01:25:22)

otakugeek

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Registered: 2014-03-26

Posts: 6

Re: USB installation, No USB Keyboard / Mouse?

try this :

sudo pacman -S x86-input-synaptics xf86-input-keyboard

Last edited by otakugeek (2014-03-26 15:19:50)

ANOKNUSA

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Registered: 2010-10-22

Posts: 2,141

Re: USB installation, No USB Keyboard / Mouse?

otakugeek, the OP is saying he can't boot the installation media.

@oni5115: If you consider this problem fixed, please add a [Solved] prefix to your thread title.

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