[ale] keyboard works in bios/grub but not after boot?

[jb at sourceillustrated.com (John Wells)]

J. D. said:
> Is it a usb or ps/2 keyboard? If usb I would suspect usb isn't working
> under
> ubuntu.

ps/2.  And the results under Knoppix were only temporary...booted it again
under knoppix and it wouldn't work.  I'm starting to wonder if I'm having
mb issues...although the board is pretty new (3 mos.)

Thanks,
John