2.4 kernel on Compaq Presario 2100

[Bob Hilliard <hilliard@debian.org>]

          I am trying to get sid set up on a new Compaq Presario 2100
laptop.  I have successfully installed from a woody CD, using the
2.2.20-idepci kernel.  However, all the kernel patches I am aware of
for ACPI and the built-in modem are for 2.4 kernels.  Since there are
no serial ports on the machine, I must use USB peripherals, and,
USB support is much better in the 2.4 kernels.

     I have compiled and installed 2.4.18 and 2.4.20 kernels several
times, but the keyboard or the key mapping is screwed up.  Sometimes,
when I type my login `bob', it appears as `b[Cb'.  About half of the
keys produce similar characters - some like `[C' for `o', others like
`[2~' for `'m'.  The backspace and several other key produce
`keyboard: unknown scancode e0 30'.  Other times the keyboard is
completely non-responsive.

     Occasionally, after reporting an invalid login, everything is
displayed in upper case.  `dpkg-reconfigure console-common' resets
this to the "normal" broken behavior, but does not provide a usable
keyboard.

     I first tried compiling kernels with gcc-3.2, which produces a
flood of compiler warnings, but no compiler error messages.  Every
kernel I have compiled with 3.2 results in a completely non-functional
keyboard.  The kernel README recommends gcc-2.91.66, but that version
doesn't appear to be available in Debian.  Compiling with gcc-2.95
doesn't produce these error messages, but the performance is the
same.

     What should I try next to make 234 run on this machine?

Regards,

Bob
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