Originally Posted by PointSource Originally Posted by

I booted SystemRescueCd 3.8.1 off liveUSB, and the keyboard was working well in the console with the default kernel, version 3.4.<something>. I was also getting data out of the touchpad via some device files in /dev/input/, but wasn't able to load X. The input devices seemed to be coming from USB device 045e:07a9 -> manufacturer "MICROSOFT", product name "SAM".

However, the alternate 3.10.x kernel on the same liveUSB lost support for the keyboard and the mouse, but was able to boot to X. It could be a kernel regression.