Am Don, den 04.12.2003 schrieb Michael Schmitz um 19:02: > > > all sorts of things that I'd been wanting (OpenOffice for instance); > > > but unfortunately some kernel option to do with ADB (I think) that was > > > necessary for woody needs turning off for testing, because random garbage > > > characters started coming out of my keyboard after upgrading (so I can't > > > currently log in ...) I tried turning off ADB altogether but now, rather > > > than garbage, I get nothing out of my keyboard. Is it the raw keycodes > > > (or the like) option that needs disabling whilst leaving the rest of ADB > > > enabled, or is it something else? I *can* cycle through all options if > > > necessary, but if someone knows the answer I might then be able to spend > > > tomorrow doing some work rather than emergency system maintenance :-) > > > > see http://www.de.debian.org/ports/powerpc/keycodes > > for more information on linux vx. adb keycodes. > > I can provide a modified /etc/init.d/keymap.sh capable of sorting out the > keycode mess itself on boot (just by loading one keymap when > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes is present, and > another keymap if it's not) if necessary. Perhaps it would be nice to submit this as a wishlist bug to console-common. Considering this is one of the most common problems newbies face on powerpc, this would reduce the barrier to a successfull installation.
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