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Date:      Mon, 4 Jun 2001 22:00:44 -0700
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        <auto245751@hushmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: FreeBSD 4.2 Installation - Keyboard Problem
Message-ID:  <000901c0ed7c$7a0bdfa0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <200106050219.TAA26911@user8.hushmail.com>

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Have you tried a different keyboard just to see if it
would make a difference?  Sometimes there's timing differences
I've seen this problem on other operating systems too.

Ted Mittelstaedt                      tedm@toybox.placo.com
Author of:          The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
Book website:         http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com


>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of
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>Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 7:13 PM
>To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.2 Installation - Keyboard Problem
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>At Mon, 4 Jun 2001 18:11:11 +1000, "Doug Young" <dougy@brizzie.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>> The computer is an Acer Veriton 5100. The hardware is in excellent
>>condition.
>>>
>>many proprietory systems give weird problems like that ... my guess 
>>is that
>>deals done betwixt the hardware manufacturer & Microsoft resulted in
>>"optimization" for Windows operating systems :)
>>
>
>Hi Douglas,
>
>How exactly does your reply contribute to our goal of getting FreeBSD to 
>respond to my keyboard? 
>
>If your conspiracy theory is correct, then Linux must also have a part in 
>the deal, because my keyboard works fine under various distributions of 
>it. As does OpenBSD. I am not antagonizing FreeBSD, however, because it 
>_is_ my favorite operating system. I just wish I could pass the 
>installation 
>procedure.
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