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Re: give us a clue

On 2023-06-11 18:43, Peter Ehlert wrote:

On 6/11/23 10:23, mick.crane wrote:

On 2023-06-11 17:53, Peter Ehlert wrote:
On June 11, 2023 9:05:13 AM "mick.crane" <mick.crane@gmail.com> wrote:
Somebody gave me a Toshiba satellite laptop with the identifying number 
C50-A-19T
I think this is what is called a Dynabook.
Installed bookworm on it twice the last time with the iso with the
freeware.


Unless this was in the last 24 hours I'm pretty sure you were not
using Bookworm.

Which exact ISO did you use?


This did not automagically cause the trackpad and keyboard to work.
I could only proceed through the installation with a USB mouse and
keyboard.
A laptop might be handy if anybody got the keyboard and trackpad to
work.
and could indicate what to do.
mick


I used firmware-bookworm-DI-alpha1-amd64-DVD-1.iso on a USB stick


I suggest you try again with the new Debian 12 ISO.

there have been significant improvements since the Alpha stage.

best of luck
and previously bookworm alpha "something or other" which is on a CD and I've not got the iso to report the exact name.. 
The keyboard and mouse respond in the BIOS menu.
mick



Well I've tried to install several times to this laptop over the day.
The new Bookworm 12 iso install offers the "select options for the install" menu and the keyboard works there but selecting any option the laptop keyboard stops responding. FreeBSD install proceeds using laptop keyboard but on boot half way through screen messages are interspersed with screens full of "[OP^" text. Although after failing to logon as "PPPPPPPPPPP".I seem to have a FreeBSD install and the keyboard works but I didn't go as far to install X to see if the mouse worked. It had windows installed on it previously and that seemed to work with mouse and keyboard up to the logon before I installed over it. 
There is a BIOS type boot message " C drive is "something or other"
So I dunno, maybe wonky keyboard, windows guff in the BIOS.
Toshiba don't seemed too keen to reveal details of this particular laptop although there is a BIOS update for Toshiba Satellite pro for series C50-A models so I may take a chance I don't brick it. Or I may install Bookworm using the external keyboard and mouse and try to sort it later or I may bin it and get on with what I'm supposed to be doing. 
mick
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