Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:34:47 -0800 (PST) From: me@prestoncrawford.com To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Alphasmart on FreeBSD? Good book? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0311060933460.4783@serpentor.cobrala>
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Does anyone use one of these? I have an Alphasmart 3000 word processor. Works with Linux, but I tried it with FreeBSD (trying it out, considering the switch from SuSE) and it didn't work. So I'm wondering if it isn't supported, or if there's a kernel option to switch on support for it. Basically how it works is that it acts as a second keyboard when you plug it in (it's usb-based) and then you just basically dump what's in the keyboard to whatever editor you currently have open. I'm assuming it uses some kind of generic USB keyboard driver, is that not default in the kernel and is it available? Also, can someone recommend a good book, particularly one that might have some focus on getting X setup. I couldn't get this done last night, even though I've done it before. The mouse wouldn't work right on me (I was using FreeBSD 4.9 ISOs) and when I tried to login via KDM it hung on the KDM login screen. Preston
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