[parisc-linux] 715/80 woes

[Konstantinos Margaritis]

Hi,
  I still have trouble with my 715/80 recognizing my ps/2 keyboard, but I
did a little searching and thought that maybe someone more knowledgeable
might help.

For a start when I turn on the machine the status leds are like this:

oxoooooxx

x: on, o: off

the last one is the power led (obviously on)

ok. now the machine just reports

Failed to initialize a keyboard
Fix the keyboard and cycle power

as I previously reported, and it just keeps changes screen resolution (I
believe I have to press TAB or SPACE to make this stop, but the keyboard
does not work).

Then I press the TOC button, which is supposed to act like a reset. Then
screen goes blank, disks spin like crazy and now the leds become:

oxxoxxoox

now, I was looking to a 720 users guide pdf -thinking that the led
combinations are the same- and i could not find this particular
combination. instead i found that 

oxxoooooo is indicative to a faulty SIMM (which it is not, I tried it on a
712 and it worked).

Anyone has any ideas? Can I force the 715 to use the serial for console?

Any help appreciated.

Konstantinos Margaritis