I have an ACER 1681i laptop, with FC4 running nicely. I'd like to
upgrade, but I want to be sure it will work before reinstalling. Clearly
I have a backup, so problems can be recovered, but I'd rather not.
When I boot from a Live-CD of FC[678] with GNOME or KDE, the boot
proceeds until the login prompt appears, then the keys and mouse buttons
stop working, but the touchpad still moves the mouse. At that point
there's no easy way to get debug information, and I'd rather try some
boot parameters first if someone has a thought on what this might be.
I've tried noacpi and noapic, just in case the Pentium-M CPU is
confusing some issue. I'm going to try "rescue" CDs instead of live CDs,
but I really want to be sure the hardware will work before I take the
time to do a proper install.
Suggestions?
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Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
