Re: Trying out 2.6 Was: Re: Mac Keyboard Issues in X

[Michael Tomkins <michft@gmail.com>]

On 06/05/2007, at 2:51 AM, Joel Ewy wrote:

> Brad Boyer wrote:
> > On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 10:59:57PM -0500, Joel Ewy wrote:
> >
> > > So is did Debian transition from XF86 3.x to 4.x with Woody?  Is it
> > > reasonable to think that the issue might lie in the 4.x ADB keyboard
> > > driver?  Does Etch switch from XF86 to xorg?  Any reason to think  
> > > that
> > > might work any better?  Anybody else running X on a Mac who can  
> > > confirm
> > > this behavior?
> >
> > Yes, Debian appears to have switched versions between potato and  
> > woody.
> > I don't know about how the ADB was handled in X back in those days,
> > but with a 2.6 kernel ADB is using the normal input layer in the  
> > kernel.
> > This should make it act the same in X as a PC style keyboard. I  
> > haven't
> > tried it myself, however.
> >
> > 	Brad Boyer
> > 	flar@allandria.com
> Thanks, Brad.
>
> I think all I've ever used on the Mac was 2.2 kernels.  I'm a bit  
> afraid
> that moving to a 2.6 kernel will break all my hardware, but it's
> certainly worth a try.  It's too bad 2.6 has broken serial.
>
> So which kernel should I try?  Is there a particular one people would
> like feedback on?  How about one of Christian Steiges' from here:
> http://people.debian.org/~cts/debian-m68k/linux-image/  ?  I looks  
> like
> ljmoore had some success with 2.4.18-4 on a Quadra.  I see Finn Thain
> has his own 2.6.20.7:  http://www.telegraphics.com.au/~fthain/ 
> riccardo/
> Any special advice on getting either of these running on a Q840av (2m
> VRAM / 128M RAM) or Q630 (56M RAM) with Sarge?  I noticed from his  
> post
> on this list that ljmoore had to change some things in /etc/rcS.d...
>
> JCE

Comply with the latest one, so the 2.6.20.7 kernel is the one you  
should try. That being said, 2.6.18 has a .deb to put the right stuff  
in the right places. If you are happy with the console and gunzip and  
scp/cp do the 2.6.20.

Emile has rescue disks for both 2.2 and 2.6. Get one of these working  
BEFORE you try out the kernel.

tune2fs -i 0 /dev/sd.. <-your startup here. (we need to fix RTC)

copy a correct keymap to /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz (I suggest / 
usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/defkeymap.kmap.gz, this is only if you  
are using a 2.6 kernel.)

make sure that ssh works, and networking is all ok. (and remember ssh  
in and "loadkeys defkeymap" or "loadkeys ...." if adb is still not  
working. loadkeys is if the keys are showing the wrong key, if they  
are echoing no keys this will not help)

make sure that you have installed kernelstuff. (/boot /lib) and make  
sure the "System.map" link points to the right place. If you are  
using penguin make sure there is a kernel also on the hfs.

Cross your fingers, reboot and give feedback.
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Michael Tomkins
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