Subject: Re: Switched to Kernel 2.4.2 but now keymapping is hosed.
From: Hollis R Blanchard (hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 13 2001 - 11:39:17 MST
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, William K. Gibson wrote:
> on 3/13/01 12:20 PM, Hollis R Blanchard at hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu wrote:
>
> > Congratulations, you're using the new input layer (which can also be found
> > in 2.2.18).
> >
> > Problem is, your keymaps are still old. Follow the README in the 2.2.18
> > kernel directory on ftp.terraplex.com (short of installing the 2.2.18
> > kernel of course) to fix your keymaps. You will of course need to be able
> > to type to do this, so you may need to boot an old kernel once to fix it.
>
> Ummm, ok, I went to
>
> ftp://ftp.terraplex.com/pub/updates/kernel/2.2.18/README
>
> and the README says this:
>
> To install kernel 2.2.18, run the following:
>
> 1) rpm -Uvh kernel-2.2.18-8a.ppc.rpm dev-* mouseconfig-*
> 2) Copy vmlinux to the location that yaboot looks for your kernel.
> 3) run mouseconfig and select your mouse
> 4) reboot (using the new kernel)
>
> That's all. I'm not sure how mouseconfig is going to fix my keymap, but I'll
> give it a whirl. Is this the REAME you were talking about?
Hmm, my mistake. I confused the mouse bit with the keymaps...
Anyways, disable keymap loading (with chkconfig) and it should work I think...
-Hollis
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