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Bug#697035: installer: kb and mouse don't work on a decTop (NSC geode processor)



On Fri, 2013-01-04 at 00:37 -0800, Phil McCracken wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Fri, 2013-01-04 at 04:06 +0000, Steven Chamberlain wrote:
> 
> > I have some AMD Geode NX / CS5535-based devices (Wyse Sx0) which only
> > allow me to enter the BIOS menu with a *specific* USB keyboard out of
> > about 3 or 4 that I tried.  (A cheap and uninteresting one branded
> > "SWEEX" works;  a more expensive Cherry and some others didn't).
> >
> > It would be interesting to see your output of `lsusb -v` when the
> > keyboard is working.
> 
> ok, I just reinstalled lenny, so here goes:
[...]
> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0518:0002 EzKEY Corp. EZ-9900C Keyboard
[...]

As I suspected - this wants the special hid-ezkey driver, and we are not
including this in the installer.

I'll add that and check for other special HID keyboard/mouse drivers at
the same time.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
If you seem to know what you are doing, you'll be given more to do.

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