[tlug] Keyboard lockup problem on Debian-Dell install

[Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com>]

Since I pretty much got my answer on the Debian Users list to the
question I raised yesterday regarding the freeze in my keyboard when
installing Woody BF24 on my Dell Dimension XPS 8250, I'll just note it
here.

Five people responded who had exactly the same problem with relatively
new Dell Inspirons and Dimensions. None of them were able to resolve the
problem via a standard Debian install. They all resolved it by the Knoppix
route, and similar methods. 

There was also some discussion about the
relationship between MEPIS and Knoppix which confirmed what I thought:
If you install Debian with Knoppix, you can subsequently do any sort of
Debian apt-get things without worry, because the Knopper doesn't redo
the kernel. With MEPIS, you can't do a dist-upgrade, or plain upgrade,
because of things that are linked to the kernel.

Chuck

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