fedora doesn't recognizes touchpad and keyboard of laptop

[nr17j]

i am a newbie to linux....using fedora 8
my laptop lenovo Y500 doesnt recognizes laptop keyboard or touchpad....
i use usb mouse and kbd presently...
can nyone help me out..
thanx in advance

[nr17j]

got the answer for my own question:
adding locale=fr_FR i8042 to kernel line solves the problem.
this is done as:
(need to be root)
vi /boot/grub/menu.lst
and modify
title Fedora (2.6.23.1-42.fc8 )
root (hd0,5)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.img
to
title Fedora (2.6.23.1-42.fc8 )
root (hd0,5)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet locale=fr_FR i8042.reset
initrd /initrd-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.img
now reboot