Hi,

it has taken a long time to find out why I was unable to run any 2.6 
Kernel (2.6.0 - 2.6.5).
The Problem is, that if I do not have usb support compiled in (or as as 
module)
my PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse does not work and immeditley freeze when 
X starts (though the
system is still running as I could see on the system clock).

Keyboard works, as long as I do not start the X server, but soon as X 
has started the Keyboard freeze. The Mouse
never worked. Both work fine under 2.4.x without USB

I consider this as a bug, as this is nowhere documented that usb is 
needed to run PS/2 periphals (or at least nowhere where
I looked [ Documentation/Google/kernel list])

My setup is

Microsoft Office Pro Natural Keyboard connected via PS/2 Adapter
Microsoft Optical Mouse also connected via the PS/2 Adapter

in between sits a KVM Switch.

X is at Version 4.4.0

relevant sections of XF86Config

Section "InputDevice"
         Identifier "Mouse"
         Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
         Option "Device" "/dev/misc/psaux"
         Driver "mouse"
         Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
         Identifier "Keyboard"
         Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
         Option "XkbLayout" "de"
         Driver "keyboard"
EndSection


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