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Dave

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From: Dave <f...@coo.com>

Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 19:30:51 +0100

Local: Sun, May 11 2008 2:30 pm

Subject: Re: OpenSolaris 2008.05 and Asus EEE PC

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Geoff Lane wrote:
> Having an ASUS EEE PC, a USB DVD drive and a copy of OpenSolaris 2008.05
> LiveCD to hand I though I would try the obvious...

> OS2008.05 boots fine but the EEE keyboard can't be used so I can't get past
> the keyboard layout question (despite the message "USB keyboard" appearing
> on the screen.) I've read in blogs that earlier development versions of
> Nevada worked without problem on the EEE.

> Anybody know of a fix or workaround?

> Thanks,

I don't know, but would be interested. I am thinking of buying one myself.

Are you aware of the laptop forum on the opensolaris forums?

http://opensolaris.org/jive/category.jspa?categoryID=35

I've found that quite good for resolving issues with my Sony vaio
SZ4-XWN/C laptop. I have everything working except the camera and
fingerprint reader.

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