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Re: installation problem



Can't he (Erich) enable legacy keyboard support in the BIOS.
You then don't need usb-drivers to use the keyboard if I remember
right.

Regards,
/Karl

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From: Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>
Subject: Re: installation problem
Date: 29 May 2001 10:10:39 -0400

> Erich Mueller <em@gonzales.swb.de> writes:
> 
> > do all the debian distribution boot images insist on AT style keyboards?
> > Unfortunately my usb keyboard seems to be unsuported at least in the
> > initial bootup phase the keyboard timeout and lack of AT-type keyboard
> > prevents the completion of the booting process of the distribution images.
> > (when the first input is requested by the curses screen)
> > 
> > The modules are of little use since they get loaded much later.
> > 
> > Is there a workaround for this? 
> 
> I don't know... I am CC'ing the list.
> 
> I am very unfamiliar with USB in Linux -- sounds like we should
> support this. 
> 
> Erich, which architecture are you?
> 
> -- 
> .....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onshore.com.....<URL:http://www.onshored.com/>
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