Re: trouble with finding the keyboard

[Sebastiaan <S.Breedveld@ewi.tudelft.nl>]

Hi,

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, James D. Freels wrote:

> Hello Debian Users !
>
> I have a new system that I cannot seem to compile a kernel for and find
> the keyboard.  I know that the keyboard is working because I can use it
> when operating the bios functions before Linux boots.  However, when the
> kernel (which I have compiled from scratch, see .config attached below)
> boots, it issues the following messages:
>
> keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?(ed)
> keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?(f4)
> pc_keyb: controller jammed (0x1D)
>
> this occurs whether I compile the kernel 2.4.25 with or without SMP
> enabled.  Here is my .config
>
<snip>

first, what kind of keyboard is it? AT, PS/2 or USB?

Greetz,
Sebas


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