From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 12 15:14:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC65A16A420 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:14:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob.middaugh@comcast.net) Received: from xmail1.state.nj.us (xmail1.state.nj.us [199.20.71.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CD2543D49 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:14:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob.middaugh@comcast.net) Received: from mail1av.state.nj.us (mail1av.state.nj.us [10.33.20.40]) by xmail1.state.nj.us (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.10) with SMTP id j9CFESbf024858 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:14:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from revere.dol.state.nj.us(199.20.109.30) by mail1av.state.nj.us via smtp id 1d70_e3579cd4_3b32_11da_898b_00304823f3f8; Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:14:30 -0400 Received: from W00DITD890NF61 ([10.6.172.74]) by revere.dol.state.nj.us (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch 2 (built Jul 14 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IO900AJW6ER8K@revere.dol.state.nj.us> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:16:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:14:56 -0400 From: Bob Middaugh In-reply-to: <434D23C3.5090408@sstire.com> To: "'Wayne Witzke'" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <0IO900AJX6ER8K@revere.dol.state.nj.us> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Thread-index: AcXPPPQWPedEto7gTDqWAzfwq3UoVQAAmC2A Cc: Subject: RE: 5.4 on a Dell D800 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:14:30 -0000 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