Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:38:49 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Murray Taylor <murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mitsubishi Diamond Touch keyboard problem Message-ID: <20030401010849.GL34617@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200303310914.45853.murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com> References: <019301c2f458$38276340$0264a8c0@regional.net.au> <01c401c2f4dc$3c0a84e0$0264a8c0@regional.net.au> <20030329011653.GA76294@wantadilla.lemis.com> <200303310914.45853.murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com>
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--sWvRP97dwRHm9fX+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] Long/short syndrome. On Monday, 31 March 2003 at 10:14:45 +1100, Murray Taylor wrote: > 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. > > 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. Hmm. As I said earlier, it wasn't that bad for me. I'd be interested in seeing whether we can't get them to work. W. Sierke, how are things looking? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers --sWvRP97dwRHm9fX+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+iOahIubykFB6QiMRAm8YAJ9xq/00+qaDNsYPGATHMlNrlOMiMwCdEv59 D80MFlkV0khcM/qRrXehsyg= =5n2D -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sWvRP97dwRHm9fX+--
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