Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:59:49 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Johan Larsson <johan@ludd.luth.se> Subject: Re: Installing on a machine with no PS/2 ports (USB only) Message-ID: <417FE215.30501@marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20041027173924.GB74567@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <1098850867.51833.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1098862658.1062.3.camel@localhost> <20041027110528.T91011@treo.operax.com> <20041027173924.GB74567@dragon.nuxi.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090601080906000800040709 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David O'Brien wrote: | On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:06:04AM +0200, Johan Larsson wrote: | |>We installed RC1 on a GX280 recently, and the only thing we had to do to |>get the usb keyboard working was to set the following in the loader: |> |>set hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1" | | | This sounds like something that could be added to the Beastie boot menu. | Any one want to add it and send a patch? | Here's an untested patch. I'll be able to test this tonight. Joe - -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBf+IVb2iPiv4Uz4cRAvulAJ9ErMh1ytA64XszYkHFNvXCIqlMoACdFbWF Fmy3+cMh+4BAV/IkNzhF/E4= =pocU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------090601080906000800040709 Content-Type: text/x-patch; x-mac-type="0"; x-mac-creator="0"; name="beastie.4th.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="beastie.4th.diff" --- beastie.4th.orig Wed Oct 27 13:57:48 2004 +++ beastie.4th Wed Oct 27 13:57:43 2004 @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ variable bootkey variable bootacpikey +variable bootusbkey variable bootsafekey variable bootverbosekey variable bootsinglekey @@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ else -2 bootacpikey ! then + printmenuitem ." Boot FreeBSD with USB keyboard support" bootusbkey ! printmenuitem ." Boot FreeBSD in Safe Mode" bootsafekey ! printmenuitem ." Boot FreeBSD in single user mode" bootsinglekey ! printmenuitem ." Boot FreeBSD with verbose logging" bootverbosekey ! @@ -221,6 +223,10 @@ s" YES" s" acpi_load" setenv s" 0" s" hint.acpi.0.disabled" setenv then + 0 boot + then + dup bootusbkey @ = if + s" 0x1" s" hint.atkbd.0.flags" setenv 0 boot then dup bootsafekey @ = if --------------090601080906000800040709--
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