Compaq Armada m700 - XFree86 Problems.

[Jason Dixon]

On Feb 24, 2004, at 11:11 AM, GianPiero Puccioni wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying ti install FC1 on a Compaq and I am having troubles with 
> the
> setup of XFree86. What happens is that when it switches to graphics the
> three keyboards light flash several times (not always the same, from 4 
> to
> 15 times) than X starts, dmesg reports the same amount of "keyboard 
> timed
> out[1]". It doesn't matter if X starts from inittab, startx or 
> switching
> from a text console through Alt-F7, it does the same. The XFconfig is
> the standard one generated by the installation and the keyboard section
> is the default, I tried changing something here and there but nothing
> different happens. Plugging in an external keyboard doesn't change
> anything. In the log file there is nothing about the keyboard beside 
> the
> usual (the usual being the log of another machine where it works).
> The same machine did run a previous version of XFree without problems.
>
> After this delay everything seem to work but it can be really annoying
> (it can be up to 40-50 secs) as the owner of this machine frequently
> uses text consoles.

I feel your pain.  I've had this problem with my M700 for about 6 
months now, never found a solution.  If you do, please let me know.

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Jason Dixon, RHCE
DixonGroup Consulting
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