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Subject: Alphasmart on FreeBSD? Good book?
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Does anyone use one of these? I have an Alphasmart 3000 word processor.
Works with Linux, but I tried it with FreeBSD (trying it out, considering
the switch from SuSE) and it didn't work. So I'm wondering if it isn't
supported, or if there's a kernel option to switch on support for it.
Basically how it works is that it acts as a second keyboard when you plug
it in (it's usb-based) and then you just basically dump what's in the
keyboard to whatever editor you currently have open. I'm assuming it uses
some kind of generic USB keyboard driver, is that not default in the
kernel and is it available?

Also, can someone recommend a good book, particularly one that might have
some focus on getting X setup. I couldn't get this done last night, even
though I've done it before. The mouse wouldn't work right on me (I was
using FreeBSD 4.9 ISOs) and when I tried to login via KDM it hung on the
KDM login screen.

Preston