Re: Problem with Keyboard
Derrik Pates wrote:
>
> On 22 Aug 2001 thorsten_nicklaus@web.de wrote:
>
> > today I upgrade my woody powerpc. It is an ibook with german
> > keyboard. It's my own fault but I don't want a new install.
> > After a reboot my keyboard ist wrong. Backspace is 2 and so on. The
> > install srcipt give me the following info and I try it at yaboot prompt.
>
> > debian video=ofonly root=/dev/hda13 KEYBOARD_SENDS_LINUX_KEYCODES=1
> >
> > but nothing happen's. What ist wrong???
>
> You don't pass that as an option to the kernel,
Yes you do.
> you have to add a line like the following:
>
> dev.mac_hid.keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1
Bad idea as you won't be able to interact with fsck...
> to your /etc/sysctl.conf. You may have to boot with the 'init=/bin/bash'
> flag so that the keymaps aren't changed (after which, you'll have to
> manually mount all your filesystems, or at least / and /usr).
This isn't necessary either, as I have pointed out several times. Just pass
the argument at the yaboot prompt.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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