I guess I haven't been able to help much. Good luck!

OK, thanks. I can log into the machine for now via the net, just not with a keyboard.

I am very sorry I thought this was a centos O/S . not LFS.
this could be a init problem. look at your startup scripts.
make sure udev is install and hotplug. bothe enabled.
these programs read the proc insmod the modules and hal sets the rules.
make sure the /etc/group has plugdev. and also your /etc/gshadow
other wise the stuff will load into the kernel but you will never get to use it.

Actually there are only TWO modules that loaded:

gcr [ /dev/input ]$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
ohci_hcd 19241 0
ehci_hcd 30605 0
gcr [ /dev/input ]$


I am now researching the other points you brought up.

I found the udev in the startup scripts, did not find plugdev in group or shadow group. I also didn't find hotplug. I found 'fxload' on Sourceforge that says it handles hotplug device, but that doesn't explain why my PS/2 mouse or old serial keyboard doesn't work.

This morning I decided to boot the LinuxFromScratch DVD. I wanted to see what modules were loaded. Here is the output of my lsmod:
Module Size Used by
ohci_hcd 19241 0
ehci_hcd 30605 0

Here is the output of the LFS DVD that works:

Module Size Used by
usbhid 32704 0
ext3 118664 2
jbd 69360 1 ext3
psmouse 46620 0
pcspkr 4864 0
ext2 56584 1
isofs 39780 1
zlib_inflate 17024 1 isofs
sg 37800 0
sr_mod 19492 1
cdrom 42152 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 29568 3
ohci1394 39240 0
ahci 27140 3
ohci_hcd 25220 0
ehci_hcd 37004 0
sata_sil24 18052 0
libata 141456 2 ahci,sata_sil24
ieee1394 109912 1 ohci1394
usbcore 153776 4 usbhid,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
amd74xx 17584 0 [permanent]
ide_core 160784 1 amd74xx


My problem is I don't know how to make the one-to-one correspondence. As an example what do I select to get ohci1394?

Why don't you use the .config from the LFS DVD if that works properly?

I did, and it got a panic. I have a working config on Centos from the same machine, and it paniced as well. I think the format of the config file has chnged. I looked at the text files and they are quite different.

What specifically changed? Give some examples.

Here is a working config file for LinuxFromScratch:

http://pastebin.com/HbH5CeSK


Here is a copy of the kernel I build :

http://pastebin.com/vPCYv1ye

I'm not going to do your work for you. What do YOU think is different between those two in terms of format?

There is plent that different. The output of lsmod on the working kerenal has ohci1394, the none working kernel does not. The two config files look radically different to me, so I am wondering if the format has changed.

I give up. Maybe someone else can find a way to help you. I'm done with this thread.

Good.

please move this thread to LFS.

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