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From: Lisa Seelye <lisa@g.o>
To: Jeff Griffiths <jeffg@×××××××××××.com>
Cc: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] SMP / keyboard kernel issue
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 02:04:06
Message-Id: 1067306648.1956.36.camel@lisa.thedoh.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] SMP / keyboard kernel issue by Jeff Griffiths
1 On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 20:51, Jeff Griffiths wrote:
2 > unsure if this is the appropriate forum fo this question, please direct
3 > me to another list if need be.
4 >
5 > a co-worker with an SMP system tried installing gentoo 1.4 a couple of
6 > days ago; the experience was mostly fine except that whenever he tried
7 > to boot an SMP kernel, his keyboard would no longer work (?)
8 >
9 > any pointers to kernel config options that might work around this issue
10 > would be greatly appreciated, i am pretty sure it is a quirk in the
11 > apollo chipset that is causing this =)
12 >
13 > the system is a p3 dual processor:
14 >
15 > motherboard: super p3tdde
16 > chipset: via apollo pro 266T
17 > dual 1.7 GHZ fcpga penium III's
18 > fastrak100 tx/lp series IDE raid card running RAID1 on two hdd's
19 > super-old MS natural split keyboard w/ ps2 interface
20 > 1 GB RAM
21 >
22 > he installed gentoo on an additional non-raid IDE drive.
23
24 Silly, but, did he enable keyboard support in the kernel?
25
26 --
27 Regards,
28 -Lisa
29 <Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior>

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Re: [gentoo-dev] SMP / keyboard kernel issue Imre Solti <isolti@×××××××××.edu>