On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 08:47:35AM -0500, mmissett wrote: > > Hi (again) everybody. I am (again) in need of > some assistance. > > I have been trying to boot a new kernel (I’ve > tried both a 2.4 and a 2.6) off CD while pointing > it at my installed (by potato-2.2.17) root > filesystem (on a G4). It boots up OK, with two > (fairly problematical) exceptions. One, it is > unable to startx successfully (although it tries) > and two, it is entirely mismapping the keyboard > (which gets a little tricky). This despite the fact > that the boot messages show it seeing the > correct (I believe) keyboard (Apple extended). > Also, when I run startx manually, it gives the > message: “fatal server error: cannot open > mouse (no such device): although the boot > messages show the right mouse. > I’m not sure if this is enough information, but > does anyone have any suggestions on how to > solve this one? > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > P.S: I have found some similar references on > the archives for this, but no clear answer. If > there is an answer there and someone could > point me at it, that would be great.
For the keyboard issue, http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/keycodes -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net
