From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 27 16:13:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cygnus.rush.net (cygnus.rush.net [209.45.245.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C438D156A0 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 1999 16:13:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@rush.net) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by cygnus.rush.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA01986; Tue, 27 Apr 1999 18:31:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 18:31:56 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein To: Jonathan Schneider Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 chokes on my keyboard In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Jonathan Schneider wrote: > I apologise for this repeat question (original appearance on this list was > early July '98) > > Some months ago I discovered that FreeBSD 2.2.6 really didn't like my > keyboard. It whinged about not being able to set the command byte of sc0 > then was dead at the pretty coloured install screen. Why remains a mystery > given a lack of any trouble with linux or expensive excuses for operating > systems. > > Doug White helpfuly suggested setting some flags which unfortunately > didn't solve the problem. > > I'd really like to run a *BSD on this machine as it is destined to be a > gateway to the world. > > Does FreeBSD 3.0 have a more tolerant keyboard driver (I suggest lifting > it from linux). the freebsd install disks are just a 2.88 meg download, surely you have the time and patience to try them out yourself since i doubt anyone else has such intolerant hardware. :) -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message