Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:14:45 +1100 From: Murray Taylor <murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>, "W. Sierke" <ws@senet.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mitsubishi Diamond Touch keyboard problem Message-ID: <200303310914.45853.murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <20030329011653.GA76294@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <019301c2f458$38276340$0264a8c0@regional.net.au> <01c401c2f4dc$3c0a84e0$0264a8c0@regional.net.au> <20030329011653.GA76294@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 12:16, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Friday, 28 March 2003 at 14:13:45 +1030, W. Sierke wrote: > > Greg 'groggy' Lehy wrote: > >> This is probably a timing problem with the keyboard. I had a couple > > > > <snip> > > > >> I'd suggest you try 4.8 or 5.0 and see if the problem persists. You > > > > Thanks for that, Greg. In fact I had originally attempted an install of > > 5.0 and when I sought assistance with that same problem it was suggested > > that I drop back to 4.7. So the problem does still appear to be present. > > > > Who could I speak to in order to determine whether any assistance can be > > offered in debugging any outstanding issues with this keyboard? > > This kind of question has come by before. IIRC it's a question of > setting certain timing delays correctly. See if you can find anything > in the archives. Google may also be able to help. > > Greg > -- -------------------------------8<-------------------------------- I cant recall the PR number but this is in the send-pr database... Someone created the entry nad I added to it.. It is to do with the setting of the atkbd flag in the GENERIC kernel as supplied. It has to be set to 0 for the Mitsubishi keyboards to have any hope of working ... but in the GENERIC kernel from about 4.5?? it is set to 1. So on a new install, you will get through the bootloader then die......... Not being a kernel driver hacker.. I didnt/couldnt get any further. The only workarounds for the Mitsubishi keyboards is dont use them. OR install an early distro (4.5??), cvsup to -STABLE or wherver, edit the GENERIC configuration file and set the offending flag to 0, make world and try again. (verrryyyy tedious... and could still bite you) We got a batch of these keyboards some time ago at work and had to return them all. HTH Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer --------------------------------- Bytecraft Systems & Entertainment Phone: 61 3 8710 2555 Fax: 61 3 8710 2599 Direct: 61 3 9238 4275 Mobile: 61 0417 319 256 Email: murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com or visit us on the web http://www.bytecraftsystems.com http://www.bytecraftentertainment.com ************************************************************************ This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. ************************************************************************
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