Bug#271315: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-sparc64: sun keyboard problem : proposed fix
On Tuesday 13 September 2005 12:07, Emmanuel Kasprzyk wrote:
> I encountered also this problem while migrating from the
> kernel-image-2.4.19-sun4u (3.0 ) to kernel-image-2.6.8-2-sparc64, on a
> un ULTRA 10 with a Type5 keyboard. If you do dpkg-reconfigure
> console-data, and then select "Keep kernel keymap" the keyboard will
> then work correctly on 2.4 AND 2.6 from your next reboot on. This
> kernel keymap works fine for type qwerty, I guessed the problem will be
> still here for azerty.
>
> It seems that the keymap definitions loaded when you select keymap from
> arch list in "dpkg-reconfigure console-data" is broken with kernel 2.6
> I have no idea if this is a bug from the kernel, or if the keymaps have
> to be updated somehow.
This is not a bug, but a result of a change in the kernel's input/output
layer. The Sarge release notes [1] have information on this change.
[1]http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#s-upgrade-to-2.6
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