acpi=off disables my USB mouse

[dilbert]

OK, then. How about "cat /proc/bus/usb/devices"?

Are there a few hubs listed?

[robz0rz]

[]$ cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
cat /proc/bus/usb/devices: No such file or directory

[dilbert]

Then try

cat /proc/bus/usb

cat /proc/bus/pci/devices

At least the PCI devices should be displayed. The first one should be absent as well, but "ls /proc/bus/" should show something.

The proc file system could be completely absent, but as I said already, then you would have a very strange distro or configuration. You could mount the proc file sytem even now. But I don't have the mount command in mind and first check the PCI devices.

[robz0rz]

I don't have a strange distribution, I'm just using a default build of Fedora Core 6. I'll try those commands later on, thanks for your support

[mcqustd]

I did not use the acpi=off in my boot option. I disabled the ACPI management in the bios.

[robz0rz]

Wow, you joined just to tell me that? Thank you a lot!!! I'm going to try that right now, fingers crossed. I have no clue where I can find acpi management in the BIOS, I hope for the best

[robz0rz]

Alright, I realize this is very outdated, and this bump is totally crazy, but I need to get this out for anyone with the same MoBo as me that has trouble entering the realm of Linux.

The asnwer lies in the BIOS. Update it. I updated my BIOS to version1208, and now the latest spawn of Ubuntu (7.10) boots of the CD (i386 as well as amb64) without any boot parameters, and my mouse an keyboard work seemlessly. I hope i can make the life of someone easier with this post