Re: Keyboard Not working during Install of 4.0
On Sunday 24 August 2008 22:52, debian@cercy.net wrote:
> I downloaded the latest netinstall CD a couple of days ago. I'm trying to
> install it on a AMD Dual CPU MP2400 system that currently has Debian 3.0
> installed. However, as soon as the install kernel boots, the keyboard
> stops working.
>
> The keyboard works in the BIOS, there are no settings in there that would
> do anything to the keyboard. And when I boot from the CD, the keyboard
> works. I can hit F1, F2, etc and view the different menu's and I can type
> install, expert, expertgui, rescue, etc.
>
> No matter what I enter, soon as the kernel boots, my keyboard stops
> working, and if I try a gui install X does not start. It keeps flashing
> the screen and spews some errors, they flash by too fast to read, but I
> definately see somekind of keyboard error. In textmode, it boots up to
> the install routine, but I can't do anything because the keyboard is DOA.
>
> I don't have a USB keyboard, but I have tried other ps2 keyboards and it
> is the same result.
>
> I then decided to do an upgrade of the 3.0 to 4.0 and got essentially the
> same result. The ps2 keyboard and mouse do not work. I can boot with the
> 486 kernel and the keyboard and mouse work. But not the SMP or K7 kernels.
>
> Is ps2 being dropped? Is there a kernel parameter I could pass when
> booting the netinstall disk to get the keyboard working? Thanks.
ps2 never gave me problems...
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