On Sunday 24 August 2008 22:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I downloaded the latest netinstall CD a couple of days ago. I'm trying to > install it on a AMD Dual CPU MP2400 system that currently has Debian 3.0 > installed. However, as soon as the install kernel boots, the keyboard > stops working. > > The keyboard works in the BIOS, there are no settings in there that would > do anything to the keyboard. And when I boot from the CD, the keyboard > works. I can hit F1, F2, etc and view the different menu's and I can type > install, expert, expertgui, rescue, etc. > > No matter what I enter, soon as the kernel boots, my keyboard stops > working, and if I try a gui install X does not start. It keeps flashing > the screen and spews some errors, they flash by too fast to read, but I > definately see somekind of keyboard error. In textmode, it boots up to > the install routine, but I can't do anything because the keyboard is DOA. > > I don't have a USB keyboard, but I have tried other ps2 keyboards and it > is the same result. > > I then decided to do an upgrade of the 3.0 to 4.0 and got essentially the > same result. The ps2 keyboard and mouse do not work. I can boot with the > 486 kernel and the keyboard and mouse work. But not the SMP or K7 kernels. > > Is ps2 being dropped? Is there a kernel parameter I could pass when > booting the netinstall disk to get the keyboard working? Thanks.
ps2 never gave me problems... -- Shachar Or | שחר אור http://ox.freeallweb.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
