Installation problem with keyboard

Cassie · 04-04-2010, 02:53 AM

I am installing (better to say, re-installing) Slackware 13 on Dell Vostro 1510. I encounter problem with keyboard. In the previous installation the keyboard was working only sometimes after boot of the system (no problem with keyboard under Windows). Half of the times after boot I was not able to type anything, had to reboot sometimes several times to be able to use keyboard. Or I had to connect a usb keyboard.
When I started to re-install slackware keyboard works only on the very first stages. As soon as I get to the prompt to chose keyboard it stops responding. I can use a usb keyboard but it is really not convenient.
I would appreciate any suggestions on how to make the keyboard work.
Thank you in advance

rg3 · 04-04-2010, 03:35 AM

Googling a little bit, it seems to happen under every distribution, and someone has posted a solution here: http://www.linlap.com/wiki/dell+vostro+1510 (search for "keyboard").

Cassie · 04-04-2010, 10:58 AM

Thank you for reply. I looked at the discussion, solution that is offered is

Quote:

The issue was solved for me by adding “i8042.reset” to kernel commandline.

but unfortunately I am lost what exactly to do there. More detailed help will be appreciated.

rg3 · 04-04-2010, 12:54 PM

If you use lilo as the bootloader, for example, you need to put the word "i8042.reset" in the "append" option of the kernel image you use to boot normally, inside /etc/lilo.conf, and then run "lilo" to update the bootloader. For example:

Code:

image=/path/to/kernel/image
    label=Linux
    root=/root/partition/device
    read-only
    initrd=/path/to/initrd
    append="an_option another_option i8042.reset"

Cassie · 04-04-2010, 11:26 PM

Thank you