From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 14 22:26: 4 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monday.rutgers.edu (monday.rutgers.edu [128.6.60.59]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEAAE37B404 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 22:25:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (bohra@localhost) by monday.rutgers.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA08476; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 01:25:59 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 01:25:58 -0500 (EST) From: Aniruddha Bohra To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Aniruddha Bohra Subject: USB install Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello I asked the following in freebsd-newbies and did not get a reply. I hope somebody is able to help me at least partially with the following : I tried to install FreeBSD on my new desktop, which has a USB keyboard and mouse. It does not seem to recognize my keyboard and therefore does not go into the kernel configuration, where I need to remove the atkbd0 to enable the USB keyboard(From webpages). Thus, I am unable to continue the installation in the regualar way. To get around this problem, I plugged in a ps/2 keyboard (additional - so there are two keyboards on the machine) and then installed FreeBSD. I would like to know if there is a simpler way(not adding keyboards) or a distribution which actually allows the use of FreeBSD keyboards. Another related problem is with the mouse. In the installation process it asks whether there is a USB mouse attached. It is however not functioning in the X configuration. The closest solution that I found says I should use the -D option in the boot prompt. But my problem is my keyboard is NEVER active to provide that option..... So, I am stuck with being unable to provide any startup options even if I install using another keyboard. I would really appreciate any help regarding the above two matters. Since I am not subscribed to the list, please cc the replies to the sender. Thanks Aniruddha To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message