From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 26 17:26:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0BFA37B401 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:26:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [65.173.111.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18A1243F93 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:26:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5R0QJXk031030; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:26:19 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) with ESMTP id h5R0QJ5x031027; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:26:19 -0600 (MDT) Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:26:18 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: K G In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030626182417.H30934@wonkity.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: keyboard probs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 00:26:21 -0000 On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, K G wrote: > Hello, i recently downloaded and installed freebsd and the only problem i > get is with the keyboard. > > it works fine when i am typing my username, but it will not allow me to > enter anything for a password, even the root password, nothing apears on > screen just a while cursor block. If your password appeared, someone watching over your shoulder would know it. Just type the password and press Enter without seeing it. > i am running a toshiba laptop and everything else is working fine. The keyboard works fine, too, or you wouldn't be able to type your username. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA