On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 12:13 +0100, S. Cesaretti wrote:
thanks for that information.
Unfortunately I can't update my distribution easily because I have one slow
line to download the updates.
so I must change my place to update the distribution.
on your opinion ,May I solve the problem instaling fedora core 4?
Which kernel has it got?
I red on the internet that my notebook works well with kernel 2.6.15, can I
download it with yum?
Thanks for all in advance.
Best regards
Sauro
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael A. Peters" <mpeters(a)mac.com>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: Info about fedora and dell inspiron 630m
> On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 08:47 +0000, Andy Green wrote:
>> S. Cesaretti wrote:
>>
>> > When the system asks login the keyboard doesn't write in random way.
>> > one time it writes and onother time it doesn't write.
>> > How can I solve this problem?
>> > I would try to update the kernel but It's really difficult because the
>> > system doesn't work correctly as I said.
>>
>> If you can manage to enable ssh (port 22) on the laptop's firewall, you
>> should be able to ssh into the laptop from another machine with a
>> working keyboard. That will take the sting from the problem while you
>> examine it. You can open the firewall port by hand with
>>
>> iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
>> service iptables save
>
> He may not even need to do that.
> If I recall - it is only closed if you request it closed at install.
> Been a long time since I installed FC3 though.
>
>
Sauro,
The FC4 kernel is currently 2.6.15-1.1831_FC4. This is newer than the
initially installed kernel, but it does not sound like you situation
could be worse.
Bob...