Re: Keyboard timeout problem -- SOLVED
Gustaf Erikson <gustafe@home.se> writes:
> I'm trying to recompile the kernel on an Alphastation 600 5/266,
> running 2.2r2.
>
> I've installed the 2.2.18pre21 kernel source package.
>
> Basically, I want a kernel with no loadable module support. So I
> loaded the default configuration from the install CD, and made
> evyrything that was a module into a compiled-in option. Then I
> compiled and installed the kernel-image.
>
> The kernel boots OK, but I get a message in dmesg that the keyboard
> isn't detected:
>
> keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?
>
> I'm using a PS/2 style keyboard. At first I thought it was because I'm
> using a KVM switch, but it doesn't work when I plug the keyboard in
> directly either.
>
> Any clues as to what's going on?
>
> /g.
>
Recompiling with
CONFIG_ALPHA_GENERIC=y
instead of CONFIG_ALPHA_ALCOR solved this problem.
What *is* the system type of a Alphastation 600, anyway?
/g.
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