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2.5.44 console keyboard dead

DISCUSSION David Härdeman 1 participant 1 message Oct 21, 2002

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I can't type anything on the console keyboard on 2.5.44 rlogin works ok.
Thanks,
Jeff

I had this problem as well until I realized that the following options had to be enabled in the config (provided that you have a PS/2 or AT keyboard which I guess you do).

Under input device support
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Select "Serial i/o support"
Select "i8042 PC Keyboard controller"
Select "Keyboards"
Select "AT Keyboard support"

This is indicated in the help text but the current layout is very unintuitive and should be changed.

Explaination:
The first time that I compiled, I simply choose "Keyboards", no extra options appeared since "Serial i/o support" wasn't selected and thus it seemed as if everything was just fine...until I booted and the keyboard didn't work. Then I started reading help messages :-)

Regards,
David