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Subject: Re: 5.4 on a Dell D800
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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