Re: help - vanishing keyboard
On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:24:37 +0100
sferriol <sylvain.ferriol@imag.fr> wrote:
> Chris Dunn a écrit :
> > I'm trying (hard) to install Testing or Etch on a Stylistic 3500 tablet.
> >
> > Sarge installed successfully, but I'm having problems with the boot /
> > root diskettes on Testing / Etch.
> >
> > The Stylistic has an external Fujitsu floppy drive connected, and I
> > have a USB keyboard connected.
> >
> > The Boot disk runs perfectly (as in Sarge), but after it completes, and
> > requests insertion of the Root disk + Enter, the keyboard appears to
> > die. Nothing can be punched in on the keyboard that gets through to
> > the tablet. This did not happen with Sarge.
> >
> > I've re-burnt the floppies with no improvement, so that does not seem
> > to be the problem.
> >
> > I've also tried several different versions of the Boot / Root images
> > including the latest nightly update. They all behave the same way,
> > which is badly.
> >
> > Any suggestions or assistance would be very welcome.
> >
> etch installer uses 2.6 kernel instead of sarge (2.4)
> and the 2.6 kernel is really bigger than 2.4 so we can not put usb
> keyboard drivers on the boot floppy.
> So etch installer with floppies does not longer support usb keyboard and
> usb floppy driver, sorry :(
> may be we will try to find a solution but i think it will be after etch
> release
>
> for you, the only solution is to install a minimal sarge and after
> upgrade to etch
>
> sylvain
OK. Thanks for this quick response. It seems I have to go the long
route.
Can I suggest that you give this situation more publicity so as to
avoid others wasting time attempting the impossible.
Chris Dunn
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