AMD64-based Laptop ~ Keyboard Unresponsive in Installer

[Mike Larkin]

A USB keyboard will work for the install ; after that, the built in 
keyboard works. Use "acpi=off" on the command line when installing.

-ml

Keith Tingle wrote:

>Hello I have recently acquired an eMachines M6807 laptop. Its a pretty
>spiffy Athlon64 3000+ Mobile-based notebook with ATI 9600 Mobility video. I
>am attempting to install Fedora x86_64 Core 1 Test on the system and have
>hit a small roadblock.
>The laptop's keyboard is not recognized by the installer. I am able to type
>parameters into the LILO boot: prompt, but once the installer fires up I get
>the following line a few times during initialization:
>pc_keyb: controller jammed (0x19)
>and after that the keyboard is unresponsive, as if its been turned off
>somehow.
>Any assistance with this issue would be much appreciated, I have tried
>several combinations of kernel options but without much luck or knowledge of
>what exactly I am attempting to do :|.
>Thanks in advance.
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