Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 22:20:22 -0500 (CDT) From: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx> To: "Lachlan O'Dea" <odela01@ca.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB keyboard riddle Message-ID: <20030504221940.L40296@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> In-Reply-To: <20030504220051.Q40296@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> References: <BC6DAD22-7EA3-11D7-BBF0-0003933F208A@ca.com> <20030504220051.Q40296@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx>
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On Sun, 4 May 2003, Eduardo Viruena Silva wrote: > On Mon, 5 May 2003, Lachlan O'Dea wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi, here's a riddle for you. > > > > I've got a machine with an Abit AT7 motherboard. So no legacy ports, > > just USB and Firewire. The BIOS has two options for USB keyboard > > support: "BIOS" or "OS". OS means that the operating system must > > support the keyboard, BIOS means that the BIOS will emulate a standard > > keyboard. The keyboard only works in FreeBSD if it's set to OS, but > > Windows XP doesn't seem to care. > > > > This is OK, except that I want to dual boot between Windows XP and > > FreeBSD. Both the FreeBSD boot manager and GRUB rely on BIOS calls to > > read from the keyboard. So to actually make a selection in the boot > > manager, I have to set the keyboard support to BIOS, but then I can't > > use the keyboard once FreeBSD is running. > > > > Is it possible to make this work? I couldn't see anything obvious in > > the ukbd man page. > > Perhaps you have to change your boot selector. > I have seen linux's LILO working commanded by the mouse. > > why don't you try: > > http://gag.sourceforge.net/ > > ? sorry, it won't work either. you don't have ps/2 ports. > > > > > > > ==== > > Lachlan O'Dea <lodea@vet.com.au> Computer Associates Pty Ltd > > Webmaster Vet - Anti-Virus Software > > http://www.vet.com.au/ Ich bin CA! > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (Darwin) > > > > iD8DBQE+tdB9oBZahcUBONoRAnsPAJwN2PP3KpqENKCUIxcEfRENBXQLSwCgnrve > > RXsbThYteHk1Uj6BPFS66u0= > > =ISfh > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > - ______ _ > * / /###\ / \ __ > /\ /\ * / ./#### \ * \__|_/ | | > / \/ \ | b#####| * _ | __ | | __ > = .. \____ \ \_\#####/ / \| / \ | | /\_\/ > = \_| * \___\###/ * \_/\_/\__/\__\/_/\__/ > = \______/ _ > | | > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > - ______ _ * / /###\ / \ __ /\ /\ * / ./#### \ * \__|_/ | | / \/ \ | b#####| * _ | __ | | __ = .. \____ \ \_\#####/ / \| / \ | | /\_\/ = \_| * \___\###/ * \_/\_/\__/\__\/_/\__/ = \______/ _ | |
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