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Date:      Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:14:56 -0400
From:      Bob Middaugh <bob.middaugh@comcast.net>
To:        "'Wayne Witzke'" <wwitzke@sstire.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: 5.4 on a Dell D800
Message-ID:  <0IO900AJX6ER8K@revere.dol.state.nj.us>
In-Reply-To: <434D23C3.5090408@sstire.com>

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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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