Re: keyboard!#%^&
On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 08:47:35AM -0500, mmissett wrote:
>
> Hi (again) everybody. I am (again) in need of
> some assistance.
>
> I have been trying to boot a new kernel (I?ve
> tried both a 2.4 and a 2.6) off CD while pointing
> it at my installed (by potato-2.2.17) root
> filesystem (on a G4). It boots up OK, with two
> (fairly problematical) exceptions. One, it is
> unable to startx successfully (although it tries)
> and two, it is entirely mismapping the keyboard
> (which gets a little tricky). This despite the fact
> that the boot messages show it seeing the
> correct (I believe) keyboard (Apple extended).
> Also, when I run startx manually, it gives the
> message: ?fatal server error: cannot open
> mouse (no such device): although the boot
> messages show the right mouse.
> I?m not sure if this is enough information, but
> does anyone have any suggestions on how to
> solve this one?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
>
> P.S: I have found some similar references on
> the archives for this, but no clear answer. If
> there is an answer there and someone could
> point me at it, that would be great.
For the keyboard issue,
http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/keycodes
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