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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Ashok Shah wrote: |
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> I have read quite a bit about the how bitchy eMachines M6805 laptop is. But |
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> hey, I got one of that before I read all those comments. I am trying to |
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> install Gentoo on my eMachines M6805 laptop. I have tried to install from |
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> "install-amd64-universal-2004.3-r1.iso", "install-amd64-minimal-2004.3.iso", |
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> and minimal version. I am giving the booting option pci=noacpi. It boots |
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> perfect, but when I get a prompt I don't have any keyboard working. My |
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> laptop keyboard doesnot work. I tried to connect USB keyboard, but that |
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> doesnot work either. |
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The 6805 has a buggy BIOS. eMachines haven't botherd to fix it (last time |
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I looked), but you can flash it with the BIOS from the 6809 and it will |
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work fine. The 6809 BIOS also resolves the acpi issues. |
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You should be able to find a copy of the 6809's BIOS with a bit of |
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googling, if not give me a shout and I'll retrieve mine. As a stop gap |
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you can try compiling the keyboard driver as a module - this seems to fix |
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it for some bizzar reason (although you won't get the mouse working |
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without editing some kernel code). |
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- Chris |
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