Emeric Maschino wrote: > Am I the only one having problems with the RC2 or daily-built Sarge > debian-installer? It works flawlessly if you choose 2.4 VGA console in > the install menu, but 2.6 VGA console is an other story. > > On my hp workstation i2000, the only way to install Sarge using a 2.6 > kernel is with a serial console (the keyboard isn't working with 2.6 VGA > console). Once the base system is installed and I'm asked to reboot, if > I switch back to a VGA console by removing the line > append="console=ttyS0,115200n8" from elilo.conf, I'm given a completely > unusable system since the keyboard is still not responding. Please note > this is PS/2 keyboard, not a USB device. I already noticed this problem > 3 months back (see the "Linux kernel 2.6 freezes on my hp workstation > i2000" post on the www.gelato.org website). The problem is due to the > fact that the i8042 and AT keyboard supports are compiled as modules and > are not loaded. I had to boot with a recovery CD to manually add i8042, > atkbd and psmouse lines in the /etc/modules file to have a usable > system. Is there a good reason to build the i8042 and keyboard support > as modules? In this case, why isn't the /etc/modules file automatically > adjusted? I don't know why they're modules. The bug in the installer is #283983. -- see shy jo
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