Re: Upgrade fresh system to standard debian 2.6.15 kernels Now console does not respond to keyboard. what to try?

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Mitchell Laks wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am playing with sid on fresh system install. 
>
>I installed sarge standard desktop install.  Sarge standard installer.
>I added sid main non-free contrib to apt/sources.lst. 
>I did apt-get dist-upgrade.  
>Then I added in linux-2.6.15-1-k7-smp kernel.  
>(I disabled gdm mv /etc/rc2.d/S99gdm to /etc/rc2.d/_S99gdm so I boot into 
>console for sanity sake.) I managed to get udev to upgrade itself... 
>
>Then when  I boot into system, the system does  not respond to the keyboard. 
>So I log in from ssh. Works fine via ssh.  From ssh  login, I tried and ran 
>
>dpkg-reconfigure console-data. 
>
>Rebooted. Still no response to the keyboard.
>
>I then reboot into 2.6.8-2 kernel and all is fine.
>
>Same with linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7 kernel image. No response from keyboard.  
>I tried the linux-image-2.6.15-1-486 as well.  No response to keyboard.
>ssh login is fine.
>
>This is a dual 2400 AMD MP system. with m$ft internet keyboard.
>
>what is wrong? What can I try. the system ignores the keyboard. Why? What to 
>do. I would like to use debian standard kernels.
>  
>
My guess is that you need to modprobe some keyboard module, such as
usbkbd, etc. I'd ssh in and run modconf, and look for any promising
keyboard-related modules.

-- 
Kent