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List:       gentoo-sparc
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-sparc] 2.6.1 keymaps
From:       Ralph Mitchell <rmitchell () eds ! com>
Date:       2004-01-19 13:31:19
Message-ID: 400BDC27.5090508 () eds ! com
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That's with an actual Sun keyboard+screen, right?  Not serial consoles?

Not that it's going to make much difference to me, because I can't get 
2.6.1 to boot on my E450, with either sparc-dev-sources or 
gentoo-dev-sources.  Did the emerge, copied the working .config from 
2.6.0, did "make oldconfig" and answered all the new bits with "no".  
Kernel and modules built OK, but when I boot it, the only output I get 
is the first couple of messages saying "loading the kernel", "booting 
the kernel", then:

    PROMLI

In 2.6.0, the very first line output by dmesg shows:

    PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 3.16.2 2000/01/11 15:42

After the "PROMLI" message, absolutely nothing works - I can't even 
break back to the OK prompt.  All I can do is turn off the power.  I've 
tried disabling the PROM console support, I've tried enabling various 
combinations of the serial ports.  I have SAB82532 serial hardware, but 
I tried turning on the others just in case.

Any suggestions I can take a shot at tonight, when I get in to work?

Ralph


Ciaran McCreesh wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>As some of you probably found out, keymaps for non-US keyboards were
>broken sometime in between 2.6.0 and 2.6.1. There are a number of
>patches floating around, most of which are flawed in some way. I'm
>*hoping* that the patch included in -mm4 works for everyone -- could
>anyone running sparc-dev-sources or development-sources 2.6.1 please
>test this? It works for me with UK and US layouts, but I don't have any
>other layouts with which to test things.
>
>Keys that are potentially broken include #~ \| and printscreen
>(possibly others too, but I've not come across them). If you have any of
>those characters in your password, it may be best to generate a new one
>before doing anything 2.6.1 related :)
>
>The patch that seems to work is available from:
>
>ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.1/2.6.1-mm
>4/broken-out/keyboard-scancode-fixes.patch
>
>It would be nice if we could report any outstanding bugs before 2.6.2
>comes out.
>
>Cheers,
>  
>


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