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On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 20:51, Jeff Griffiths wrote: |
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> unsure if this is the appropriate forum fo this question, please direct |
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> me to another list if need be. |
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> a co-worker with an SMP system tried installing gentoo 1.4 a couple of |
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> days ago; the experience was mostly fine except that whenever he tried |
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> to boot an SMP kernel, his keyboard would no longer work (?) |
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> any pointers to kernel config options that might work around this issue |
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> would be greatly appreciated, i am pretty sure it is a quirk in the |
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> apollo chipset that is causing this =) |
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> the system is a p3 dual processor: |
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> motherboard: super p3tdde |
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> chipset: via apollo pro 266T |
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> dual 1.7 GHZ fcpga penium III's |
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> fastrak100 tx/lp series IDE raid card running RAID1 on two hdd's |
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> super-old MS natural split keyboard w/ ps2 interface |
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> 1 GB RAM |
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> he installed gentoo on an additional non-raid IDE drive. |
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Silly, but, did he enable keyboard support in the kernel? |
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Regards, |
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-Lisa |
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<Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior> |