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Date:      Mon, 17 Jan 2005 09:43:57 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Joseph Rothstein <ziutek@mac.com>
Cc:        freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: APPLE USB extended keyboard not working
Message-ID:  <20050117174357.GA7538@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <2DEE1D04-67E7-11D9-BF02-000D93C8CD9C@mac.com>
References:  <2DEE1D04-67E7-11D9-BF02-000D93C8CD9C@mac.com>

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On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 06:50:58PM +0100, Joseph Rothstein wrote:
> Hi there,
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> I've come across a strange problem while trying to install FreeBSD 5.3.
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> I am attempting to install 5.3 on a PC suing the only keyboard I have =20
> available, which is an Apple USB extended one. I can get tot he =20
> sysinstall screen, but the keyboard at this point does not respond. It =
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> will respond earlier in the install process. The space bar works, and I =
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> can stop the countdown to the boot mode. Verbose booting shows that the =
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> keyboard is detected.
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> I found this link, but am not sure how (or if I should) adjust the =20
> loader.conf to use the USB keyboard only.

You need to set

hint.atkbd.0.flags=3D"0x1"

at the loader prompt.

-- Brooks

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