Re: R4025 Laptop

[Chris Swanson <chrisjswanson@gmail.com>]

On 6/6/05, Charlie <aries-tao@bigpond.com> wrote:
> Chris Swanson wrote:
> 
> >>
> >>
> >Thanks Charlie
> >
> >Yet another update on this situation:
> >
> >Sadly, the 'acpi=off' was not as successful as I had thought.  It kept
> >the install from locking up, but then my network interface wouldn't
> >come up.
> >
> >The solution:  It turns out that the system is not actually frozen,
> >just the keyboard.  I found out that you can reset the keyboard driver
> >by holding the function key and the left shift key together.  After
> >this, I was able to complete the install.
> >
> >What annoys me is that I must do this every time I start Linux, in
> >order to get the keyboard working.  Hopefully, I will soon find a way
> >to fix this.
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Chris,
> 
> I am really new to Debian, having installed it on an Acer Aspire 1355LC
> notebook only a few days ago. Using a triple boot system XP - Linux
> Mandrake 10.0 and now Debian, on 3 partitions of the hard drive that I
> was going to install a learning system on. Not finding time until now to
> do so.
> 
> But I assume that you have done a "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86"
> Here you can change your keyboard settings, and may have to add some
> parameters so that it works without the inconvenience you're going
> through. You may need to google for something about your laptop keyboard
> to find the solution for Debian though?
> 
> Charlie
> 
> 
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The problem is more far reaching than that.  I have to do the Fn +
Shift thing even if X isn't installed.  The console itself is locked. 
Maybe there is a way to stick something in an init script that resets
the keyboard in the same way that Fn + Shift does, but I am yet to
find it.

Chris