[Nottingham] Pleb v1.0

[Duncan John Fyfe]

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Carl Ebrey wrote:

> Okay, I've just about had enough.  This thing's really started to get on
> me jubblies...
>
> I've tried to configure and compile (and consequently run) 2.6.0-test5 on
> this 'ere laptop.  However, I have the slight disadvantage in that the
> keyboard and touchpad fail to work!  Having googled, the different docs
> mutter something about having i8042 etc in the kernel, which I have.  I
> also get:
>
> Sep 18 01:25:52 intense kernel: input: AT Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
> Sep 18 01:25:52 intense kernel: serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
>
> in the kern.log file (along with other stuff that indicates that it's
> found the touchpad OK).  So my question is, why the bloody hell doesn't it
> work?!
>

The answer is in the detail and sadly you provided none.

Laptop Manufacturer, model, distribution ?
Kernel configuration choices ?
All would be useful.


Have fun,
Duncan

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