----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Shoemaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] USB Keyboard
> Marshall Lake wrote:
> >
> > I'm running the 7.1 vrsion of Makdrake.
> >
> > At bootup I get the following messages:
> >
> > usb.c: registered new driver keyboard
> > input0: USB HIDBP keyboard
> > keybdev.c: Adding keyboard: input0
> > keyboard: Too many NACKs -- noisy kbd cable?
> > keyboard: Too many NACKs -- noisy kbd cable?
> >
> > After bootup the "Too many NACKs" message will reappear in my logs
> > spuriously. And occasionally the "Too many NACKs" seems to interfere
with
> > the X server, bring it down, and make my system unusable until I reboot.
> >
> > Can anyone help me alleviate this problem?
> [snip]
>
> Marshall....I can tell you what I did to alleviate that
> problem on my system. I removed the Microsoft Natural
> keyboard from my system and replaced it with one made by
> somebody else (much less expensive too!). I've never seen
> that error again.
> --
> MandrakeSoft Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Altadena, CA USA
--Alan
If you are using the MS Natural keyboard that has USB ports then that is
definitly the cause of the problem and you will need to change keyboards.
Charles
