Michael Prokop mika@grml.org wrote:
- Alexander Skwar listen@alexander.skwar.name [20070620 01:15]:
I burned grml 1.0 to a CD and booted my Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro V2010 notebook (a 32bit system) with it. When boot was finished, I was not able to type anything at all. Not even Alt+F1... worked - not even ctrl+alt+del worked!
In isolinux, ie. at the "boot prompt", keyboard still works.
I booted grml also without "modifying" anything with the help of the isolinux prompt. Ie. just defaults.
With the help of the mouse, I selected "x" at the menu presented when grml finished booting. I started fvwm-crystal. Even in X, keyboard does not work.
Keyboard worked just fine in previous releases of grml. It worked for sure in 0.8. Keyboard also works just fine right now; I'm typing this message on the same computer (booted into Mandriva).
What type of keyboard is it?
It's a notebook and it's the builtin keyboard. No clue if it's USB or PS2 connected internally.
PS/2? If so: do you have the chance to test an external USB keyboard?
I don't have an external USB keyboard. Hmm... Maybe I do. Got to do some digging in the cellar :)
And please boot with 'grml ssh=yoursecretpassword' and login from another box (ssh grml@$GRMLSYSTEM) and check out what's inside dmesg output regarding keyboard/PS/2/USB.
I'll try that.
I do know this problem only from 64bit systems, never explored that on a 32bit system. Which kernel version are you using with Mandriva?
On Mandriva, I think they are at 2.6.17. On Gentoo, I'm at 2.6.21. I also use Gentoo on that notebook.
Alexander Skwar