Re: Switching to 2.4.12 found ADB keycodes (long)

[Colin Walters <walters@debian.org>]

Chris Tillman <tillman@azstarnet.com> writes:

> I was trying to track down a crashing bug, and decided to try the
> system with the 2.4.12 kernel from kernel-image-2.4.12-powerpc. I
> did apt-get on that package (and kernel-source / kernel-patch for
> good measure). There were no bad messages during the installation. I
> looked at the stuff that was put into /usr/doc for these packages,
> but I couldn't find anything that described how to properly install
> the new kernel.

"dpkg -i" is the correct way.

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> Anyway, I decided that no news was good news, that everything must
> have been put where it belonged and I was ready to reboot. I added a
> section for the new kernel in my quik.conf, ran quik, and
> rebooted. When I did, my keymap didn't work.

Dan, could you fix this please?  Also, (on a semi-related topic) could
you not compile in DevFS support at all (not just having support, but
disabled by default)?  It makes the boot-floppies puke completely.

Chris, your document looks good.  You might also mention that you can
ssh into the box and 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes'.

As for running dpkg-reconfigure upon reboot, there are a few problems.
Firstly, it wouldn't fix existing kernel .debs.  Secondly, it is
unexpected; what if you are remotely upgrading the kernel?  Thirdly,
the best solution is probably user education...