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>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 06:50:58PM +0100, Joseph Rothstein wrote: > Hi there, > > I've come across a strange problem while trying to install FreeBSD 5.3. > > I am attempting to install 5.3 on a PC suing the only keyboard I have > available, which is an Apple USB extended one. I can get tot he > sysinstall screen, but the keyboard at this point does not respond. It > will respond earlier in the install process. The space bar works, and I > can stop the countdown to the boot mode. Verbose booting shows that the > keyboard is detected. > > I found this link, but am not sure how (or if I should) adjust the > loader.conf to use the USB keyboard only. You need to set hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1" at the loader prompt. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB6/lcXY6L6fI4GtQRAh7pAJ4rS97feqHDEti3Jnzpp0ItdGMqhQCfc+CD jGKeIQSclrJuBY9Rd7YJiXM= =VcHK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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