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Re: Ultra10, keyboard with 2.6.9



In article <[🔎] 20041103144621.GA3211@perkamentus> 
debian-sparc@perkamentus.com writes:
>When I try to boot my Ultra10 with a 2.6.9 kernel everything is fine
>until the end. When X is starting it fails, because there's no core
>pointer. But not just core pointer is missing, I cannot use my
>keyboard (SUN Type 6). Even Stop-A is not working.
>
>With a 2.4.27 (deb-package) everything is working great, so there is
>something wrong with my 2.6 config (manually). What do I need to
>enable to get my keyboard and mouse working with a 2.6?
>
>Any pointers are welcome. 
>
>Thanks.
>Erik

The sparc 2.6 kernel remaps the keyboard to appear to be a pc keyboard
and the mouse to appear to be a ps2 mouse.  This broken misbeaviour
(breaking installed systems, reducing functionality) was a deliberate
desision of the kernel upstream.

After booting the 2.6 kernel, ssh in and "dpkg-reconfigure
console-common" to a pc keymap.  Edit your xfree86-config file to have
a ps2 mouse.
-- 
Blars Blarson			blarson@blars.org
				http://www.blars.org/blars.html
With Microsoft, failure is not an option.  It is a standard feature.



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