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Date:      Thu, 4 Nov 2004 14:39:23 -0600
From:      Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com>
To:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ultra2 oddities
Message-ID:  <20041104203923.GQ27173@seekingfire.com>
In-Reply-To: <1099601039.2538.7.camel@localhost.localdomain>
References:  <1099601039.2538.7.camel@localhost.localdomain>

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On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 02:43:59PM -0600, R. Tyler Ballance wrote:
> Is this a problem with how the modes are setup, or is it a little
> deeper, with how GENERIC handles the framebuffer and keyboard input (it
> seems like the arrow keys just aren't mapped, quirky eh? ;))

The problem has popped up on the mailing lists a few times, and the
answers should be in the archives. The 'n' and 'p' keys work for arrow
keys ...

> I hooked it up to an old toshiba laptop (running 5.2.1-RELEASE of
> course) and it's installing using serial console mode instead.

... though this is a better way to do it, yes ;-)

-T


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