Jon wrote: >I'm just in the process of installing Debian 2.0 on a Compaq Deskpro EP >series computer (Celeron 333MHz processor, Matrox MGA-G100 AGP graphics >card, 64 MB Ram) and am running into trouble. I'm installing from the CD. >Now when i boot the PC with the CD inserted, i get the boot prompt and >press enter and linux loads. However roughly 50 percent of the time the PC >hangs (or maybe the keyboard is unrecognised?) on the first screen of the >installation program. > >Despite this, i have managed to install Debian, but again, on about 50 >percent of the boot ups, the system freezes at the login prompt. However >the cursor is still blinking at this point, so maybe it's just that the >keyboard not communicating?
If the mouse moves, after power-up and before the first keyboard keypress, the keyboard locks up, aparently due to the mouse and keyboard interfaces sharing I/O registers. When GPM initialises, it *sometimes* comes right by itself. Recompiling the kernel with PS/2 mouse support built-in got rid of the problem for me. I think this must be a bug in the keyboard driver. Regards, Mark.
