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Date:      Sat, 8 Apr 2006 17:06:10 -0400
From:      Anish Mistry <mistry.7@osu.edu>
To:        GeX <gexlie@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and Genius SlimStar Pro USB keyboard
Message-ID:  <200604081706.19818.mistry.7@osu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <53cc795f0604081249j2b85950bpe462353080f862f@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <53cc795f0604081007u2b68b60tf2da0121eca46841@mail.gmail.com> <200604081456.42343.mistry.7@osu.edu> <53cc795f0604081249j2b85950bpe462353080f862f@mail.gmail.com>

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On Saturday 08 April 2006 15:49, GeX wrote:
> sorry i mistyped, of course i meant freebsd 7.0-current at all
>
> On 4/8/06, Anish Mistry <mistry.7@osu.edu> wrote:
> > On Saturday 08 April 2006 13:07, GeX wrote:
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > >    I have FreeBSD 5.4 and I have tried to use Genius SlimStar
> > > Pro USB keyboard.
> >
> > This doesn't match email subject.  If you're not using CURRENT
> > don't post to this list.  There are the questions and stable
> > lists for just that purpose.
> >
> > >    The kernel configuration file contains following lines:
> > > --------------------------------------------------------
> > >      device  uhci
> > >      device  ohci
> > >      device  usb
> > >      device  ukbd
> > >      options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV
> > > --------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >    The /etc/rc.conf file contains following line:
> > > --------------------------------------------------------
> > > usbd_enable=3D"YES"
> >
> > Case in point.  usbd no longer exists in the CURRENT.
Remove usbd_enable, it doesn't do anything.  Make sure devd is=20
enabled.
> >
> > > --------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >    The /etc/rc.i386 file contains following line:
> > > --------------------------------------------------------
> > > kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd0 < /dev/ttyv0 > /dev/null
> > > --------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >    The device /dev/kbd0 is created during the boot time. But
> > > the system does not response properly on the keys pressing. The
> > > "Enter" key works fine but all other keys produces some mess
> > > charters like "^K" etc. Could you tell me, please, what's the
> > > problem and what's the way to solve it?
You should probably use kbdmux and you shouldn't need anything=20
in /etc/rc.i386.  With kbdmux everything should just work.  If not=20
report back.

=2D-=20
Anish Mistry

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