Arch Linux

Am I missing a module? I had no USB keyboard to test with, but the bootup script loads uhci/ehci/ohci host controller modules at bootup, then loads the usbhid module, which should provide keyboard/mouse interfaces.

What kind of USB host controller do you have?

I use EHCI, I haven't changed anything in BIOS, but other distros (SUSE, Slackware) works correctly.

hmmm strange i just an apple pro keyboard to install my server and it worked fine...

i think we need some more info on your system.

I tried to install it once again, and failed.
The only way to fix that issue was copying already installed version to hard drive and modify /etc/rc.conf:

MODULES=(uhci-hcd usbhid)

Without that Arch Linux starts without working keyboard.
So I believe something must be wrong with loading uhci-hcd and usbhid.

and some info from dmesg:

usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
input: Logitech Optical USB Mouse as /class/input/input7
input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech Optical USB Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1
input: Dell Dell USB Keyboard as /class/input/input8
input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Dell Dell USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver

if I try:
rmmod uhci-hcd
or:
rmmod usbhid
my keyboard stops working

(and sorry for saying that I use EHCI, probably in other distro I had UHCI compiled in kernel)

Please see if the new ISO fixes the issue: ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/0.7.2/iso/i686/arch-0.7.2-ftp.iso

still valid?

I faced the same problem too (usb nonWorking keyborad during install), and this is how I solved it:
In bios (msi k8n-neo2), second tab, I have disabled the option: IOAPIC.
Booted with Arch cd and had a working keyboard during install!
After that, reboot and set the option back to enabled, cause neither windows nor arch wanted to boot with IOAPIC disabled.
It worked.

Forgot to mention, all the above happened with arch-04.2006 x86_64

usb keyboards are fixed in alpha 0.8