Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:01:13 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First character typed lost Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204292255110.14881@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204292139190.42029@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204291704040.14213@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204292139190.42029@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz>
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On Sun, 29 Apr 2012, Lars Eighner wrote: > On Sun, 29 Apr 2012, Warren Block wrote: > >> On a Gateway ML6732 notebook, FreeBSD 9-stable is working great. Video >> works (i915), sound works, the only thing that isn't quite right is that >> the first character typed after the FreeBSD kernel loads is lost. After >> that, it works normally. This makes entering a passphrase more >> challenging. > > These are total shots in the dark: > > 1. It is entirely normal (and generally thought desirable) for the > screensaver to swallow the first character when it is running -- see if this > is worth further investigation by changing screensavers or disabling it > altogether. > > 2. check /etc/issue to see if there is a trailing ANSI sequence that might > eat a character. Interesting suggestions. Turning off legacy USB support in the BIOS as suggested by Adam seems to have fixed it.
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