Re: Keyboard trouble


Subject: Re: Keyboard trouble
From: Robert Vogt IV (vogt@arborhost.com)
Date: Wed Nov 15 2000 - 12:38:42 MST


    Chris,

> I have MOL 0.9.53-1 installed.
    I hope not. 0.9.53-2 is the correct version... 53-1 shouldn't even
work.

> I've finally managed to get the LAN working
> by creating an Ethertap device and masquerading from it to my eth0, and
running
> dhcpd on the tap interface. It seems my final hurdle to having MOL be useful
> is the keyboard.
>
> I've tried dozens of settings in the mol config file for the keyboard type,
and
> none of them even come close to working. I can't find a single keyboard key
> that works as expected inside MOL =\ I *suspect* that this is because I'm
> using the new input layer in Ben H's kernel, but I'm not sure about this. If
> this is the case, is there a fix coming soon for this problem (as I assume the
> new input layer is going to be adopted across the board eventually)
    The config file gives some information as to how to determine the
keyboard type...the keyboard information is printed to screen at boot...a
copy of the boot log should be @ /var/log/boot.log - check there.

                            Sincerely,

                            Robert Vogt IV
                            CEO
                            ArborHost



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