On 6/6/05, Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Swanson wrote: > > >> > >> > >Thanks Charlie > > > >Yet another update on this situation: > > > >Sadly, the 'acpi=off' was not as successful as I had thought. It kept > >the install from locking up, but then my network interface wouldn't > >come up. > > > >The solution: It turns out that the system is not actually frozen, > >just the keyboard. I found out that you can reset the keyboard driver > >by holding the function key and the left shift key together. After > >this, I was able to complete the install. > > > >What annoys me is that I must do this every time I start Linux, in > >order to get the keyboard working. Hopefully, I will soon find a way > >to fix this. > > > >Chris > > > > > > > > > > > Chris, > > I am really new to Debian, having installed it on an Acer Aspire 1355LC > notebook only a few days ago. Using a triple boot system XP - Linux > Mandrake 10.0 and now Debian, on 3 partitions of the hard drive that I > was going to install a learning system on. Not finding time until now to > do so. > > But I assume that you have done a "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" > Here you can change your keyboard settings, and may have to add some > parameters so that it works without the inconvenience you're going > through. You may need to google for something about your laptop keyboard > to find the solution for Debian though? > > Charlie > > > -- > As to conforming outwardly, and living your own life inwardly, I have not a > very high opinion of that course. > .......................................Henry David Thoreau > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.2 - Release Date: 4/06/2005 > >
The problem is more far reaching than that. I have to do the Fn + Shift thing even if X isn't installed. The console itself is locked. Maybe there is a way to stick something in an init script that resets the keyboard in the same way that Fn + Shift does, but I am yet to find it. Chris
