Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 01:37:15 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Install with USB keyboard Message-ID: <17899.47771.288449.800531@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <b4253cc20703042153t4c02c44bg2138fbbeea89d372@mail.gmail.com> References: <b4253cc20703042153t4c02c44bg2138fbbeea89d372@mail.gmail.com>
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John Costanzo writes: > Hi I have a Dell Dimension E520 and I am trying to install > FreeBSD 6.2. I am running into a problem that it gets to > sysinstaller and keyboard does not work. The keyboard is a USB > one. I have windows installed and it works in there so I know it > is not keyboard. I booted and hit option 6 and typed following > message: > > set hint.atkbd.0.disabled="1" > > That did not work. Please I would really like to use FreeBSD and > I do not have a PS/2 port to help. Thanks It was at one point the case USB devices (or at least keyborad and mouse) were not recognized (on some or all hardware) after a cold boot - i.e. one needed to cold boot, then hit reset at an appropriate point for things to be seen. This has been fixed (at least for my hardware) for -Current; I do not if this has come to 5.*/6.*. Robert Huff
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