On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 10:19:48AM +1300, Kim Shepherd wrote: > > When I try to boot my Ultra10 with a 2.6.9 kernel everything is fine > > until the end. When X is starting it fails, because there's no core > > pointer. But not just core pointer is missing, I cannot use my > > keyboard (SUN Type 6). Even Stop-A is not working. > > > > With a 2.4.27 (deb-package) everything is working great, so there is > > something wrong with my 2.6 config (manually). What do I need to > > enable to get my keyboard and mouse working with a 2.6? > > > > Any pointers are welcome. > > Heh, was that a deliberate pun? ;-) > > Erm, I think this has been covered heaps, but essentially 2.6.x needs an x86 > keymap -- I simply changed my keymap to a generic x86 one, since I wasn't > going back to 2.4, but from what I've read here and elsewhere, telling your > system to ignore any lines setting your keymaps will make your keyboard > function in both kernels?
Strange, I only found a bug report about it, but it didn't say what to do about it. Must have been looking in wrong direction (thus wrong keywords). > While you're at it, since you're using an Ultra10 like me, please let me > know if ALSA and the sun-cs4231 driver that comes with 2.6.9 works? Hmm, sounds like I have to stick with the 2.4 for now ;-) What I saw from the log files, it was recognized properly during boot, but will check it and come back to that. Erik