Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 21:26:29 +0000 From: "Aaron Dailey" <aarond@btc.adaptec.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PS/Valuepoint and keyboard hang on install Message-ID: <199606190340.VAA27654@btc.btc.adaptec.com>
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> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 17:42:42 -0600 > From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> > To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> > Cc: aarond@btc.btc.adaptec.com, questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: PS/Valuepoint and keyboard hang on install > > > > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.1 Release on an IBM PS/Valuepoint > > > > > 6384, and get a keyboard lock once everything boots. > > > > I don't see a psm0 driver. Once I get to visual, under input devices > > > I have bus mouse (mse0) and syscons (sc0?). This is on the 2.1 > > > release boot disk. Am I missing something? > > > > Argh. You may need to get a boot disk from Nate Williams; is this > > a PS/2 style keyboard interface? Do you know if the keyboard starts > > in mode 3? > > If it does, you can try the ThinkPad boot floppy out, but that doesn't > fix 'lockups'. When you are in the wrong mode, it's pretty obvious as > every key you touch doesn't do what you want it to do. (But it *does* > do something). > My experience is that every key does nothing past a certain point. I tried bouncing the num lock key during boot up - right after the uncompressing kernel message the num lock light stops toggling, and other keys don't work. Where can I get the thinkpad boot floppy, or would it even help? > You could try 'bouncing on the num-lock' key during bootup to see if > that helps. If it does then we've still got the lurking bug, but > generally speaking it goes away after you build a custom kernel. > > > > Nate > Thanks, Aaron Dailey aarond@btc.adaptec.com
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