Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 19:46:15 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unresponsive keyboard after a few boots Message-ID: <b79ecaef1002091146t17aa1732me45f5c2899b2cbb2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100208114734.GA99245@icarus.home.lan> References: <426bed111002080049u16354c87pd4fb8830e0542972@mail.gmail.com> <20100208114734.GA99245@icarus.home.lan>
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On 8 February 2010 11:47, Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 02:19:06PM +0530, Rohit Grover wrote: >> I am using a very recent Freebsd 8.0 STABLE on a Macbook. I updated my >> sources and rebuilt a kernel about 3 days ago. I was able to use the >> machine fine once or twice after that. But now the keyboard has >> stopped working. The boot program is able to use the keyboard, but the >> kernel isn't, and I am unable to do anything useful with the machine >> from the login screen. >> >> I had rebuilt the kernel twice with slightly varying settings, so I >> don't have a copy of the previously working kernel in >> /boot/kernel.old. >> >> It may not be easy for me to download a ISO image. Can someone please help? > > Is the keyboard USB? > No Mac since late generation Powerbooks and iBooks has used ADB, so yes, the Macbook keyboard is USB. HTH, Chris
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