5.4 on a Dell D800

Bob Middaugh bob.middaugh at comcast.net
Wed Oct 12 08:14:30 PDT 2005


On Behalf Of Wayne Witzke
> 
> Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> >     I tried installing 5.4 on my Dell D800 laptop.  After the
first 
> > boot, my keyboard stopped working.  I don't know what to do 
> from now 
> > or if it is even worth the effort.  Should I try 6.0RC?
> > 
> > Regards,
> 
> I have 5.4 installed on a 2 year old Dell D800 laptop and so 
> far everything works perfectly except for my CDROM (which I'm 
> beginning to think is failing anyway).
> 
> You might want to check the boot messages and see what 
> keyboard drivers it's loading, or connecting an external 
> keyboard and seeing if that works.
> 
> Wayne

Hi Wayne, can you post your kernel config file, or tell us what
devices you're using for sound and the wireless nic?  My wireless nic
is an Intel 2200BG, I don't know if they're the same for all D800's,
mine is only about a year old.  Thanks,
Bob



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