Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 12:16:55 +0000 (GMT+00:00) From: auto245751@hushmail.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD 4.2 Installation - Keyboard Problem + RANT (fwd) Message-ID: <200106051217.FAA11622@user8.hushmail.com>
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--Hushpart_boundary_bovUBlsxNAXLDSslPIVsBuTIGwxxOQpw Content-type: text/plain ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:53:38 +0000 (GMT+00:00) Subject: RE: FreeBSD 4.2 Installation - Keyboard Problem + RANT From: auto245751@hushmail.com Reply-to: auto245751@hushmail.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG At Mon, 4 Jun 2001 22:00:44 -0700, "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > >Have you tried a different keyboard just to see if it >would make a difference? Sometimes there's timing differences >I've seen this problem on other operating systems too. I would try that if I had a different keyboard to try. I have a 5-pin keyboard, and the computer I'm installing to requires a 6-pin connector. Besides, I don't think it sounds right that I have to invest in a new keyboard just because FreeBSD 4.2, unlike every other fucking operating system (Windoze, Linux, OpenBSD, etc.), won't respond to my keyboard. And knowing my luck, the new keyboard will fail to fix the problem. My current keyboard works fine up until FreeBSD takes over and gives me the three choices at the "kernel configuration" screen. Then my keyboard stops working. WTF? Just run a search through http://groups.google.com and see how many other people are encountering this same problem. I noticed someone wrote a PR for this too. They, like I, are receiving a blind eye from the so-called "freebsd community". A suggested fix was to disable 0x1 in the flags for atkbd. Could the genius who came up with this solution please explain HOW TO DO THIS DURING THE __INSTALLATION__. For fuck's sake... you'd think this problem would be resolved by now. - a very disappointed FreeBSD user. > >Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com >Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide >Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of >>auto245751@hushmail.com >>Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 7:13 PM >>To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.2 Installation - Keyboard Problem >> >> >> >>At Mon, 4 Jun 2001 18:11:11 +1000, "Doug Young" <dougy@brizzie.org> >wrote: >> >>> >>>> The computer is an Acer Veriton 5100. The hardware is in excellent >>>condition. >>>> >>>many proprietory systems give weird problems like that ... my guess >>>is that >>>deals done betwixt the hardware manufacturer & Microsoft resulted >in >>>"optimization" for Windows operating systems :) >>> >> >>Hi Douglas, >> >>How exactly does your reply contribute to our goal of getting FreeBSD >to >>respond to my keyboard? >> >>If your conspiracy theory is correct, then Linux must also have a part >in >>the deal, because my keyboard works fine under various distributions >of >>it. As does OpenBSD. I am not antagonizing FreeBSD, however, because >it >>_is_ my favorite operating system. I just wish I could pass the >>installation >>procedure. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com > Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com --Hushpart_boundary_bovUBlsxNAXLDSslPIVsBuTIGwxxOQpw-- IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you are not using HushMail, this message could have been read easily by the many people who have access to your open personal email messages. Get your FREE, totally secure email address at http://www.hushmail.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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