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Re: Proposal to document sparc installation issues



Hi,

On Tuesday 29 March 2005 21:19, Frans Pop wrote:
>         <p>The first issue is with USB keyboards by Sun as used on for
> example SunBlade systems. These are incorrectly "recognized" by the
> installer as regular Sun keyboards. A workaround is documented in the
> Installation Guide (see link above, chapter "Using the Debian
> Installer").</p>

Does this happen with 2.6 or 2.4 or both ?

>         <p>The second issue is kernel related. Kernels in the 2.6 series
> use a different input layer that makes all keyboards look like "normal" PC
> keyboards. This means that if you boot the installer with a 2.4 kernel and
> configure it for a Sun or USB keyboard and later (in expert mode) select a
> 2.6 kernel for the new system, you will very likely end up with a
> non-working keyboard after reboot.</p>

Can this be workaround by "dpkg-reconfigure console-data" before the reboot ?


regards,
 Holger

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