Hello. I've recently upgraded from the Debian 2.2.20 kernel to the 2.6.0-2
kernel I compiled from the source I downloaded with dselect, and now my
keyboard hates me the moment the new Linux kernel boots. The keyboard
works fine for LILO, but once the bootup text starts scrolling, I can't even
Shift+PageUp, much less login or what not. The LED lights don't even
respond. I tried plugging in a different keyboard to no avail. But it's ok
when I boot from the old kernel. Also, the new kernel isn't panicking or
locking up; it runs crontabs fine, for example.

I recompiled several times, each time disabling more and more things to
narrow down the problem.

One part of the dmesg that makes me suspicious is when it says

mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
i8042c: Can't write CTR while closing KBD.
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1

My kernel configuration file is online at
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~edelreal/docs/kernel.conf

and my dmesg is up at
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~edelreal/docs/dmesg.txt

My motherboard is a PT432B (by Pine-Tech).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.