From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 14 01:47:23 2005 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 4254D16A4CE for ; Sat, 14 May 2005 01:47:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fed1rmmtao06.cox.net (fed1rmmtao06.cox.net [68.230.241.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9ECF43D3F for ; Sat, 14 May 2005 01:47:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mnavarre@cox.net) Received: from reichlieu.lan ([68.6.195.68]) by fed1rmmtao06.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050514014722.ZGP19494.fed1rmmtao06.cox.net@reichlieu.lan>; Fri, 13 May 2005 21:47:22 -0400 Received: from reichlieu.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by reichlieu.lan (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4E1lLnO006697; Fri, 13 May 2005 18:47:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mnavarre@cox.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reichlieu.lan (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j4E1lLOh006696; Fri, 13 May 2005 18:47:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mnavarre@cox.net) X-Authentication-Warning: reichlieu.lan: mnavarre set sender to mnavarre@cox.net using -f From: Matt Navarre To: Lowell Gilbert Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 18:47:20 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <42840ADF.3020201@cox.net> <44br7f56pz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <44br7f56pz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200505131847.21231.mnavarre@cox.net> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with wireless USB keyboard/mouse combo 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: Sat, 14 May 2005 01:47:23 -0000 On Friday 13 May 2005 11:19 am, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Matt Navarre writes: > > This is with FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE with no atkbd or psm drivers in the > > kernel and a SiS 5571 USB controller. > > > > Anybody have any idea how to get this working, or have a > > recommendation for a USB keyboard/mouse combo that will work with > > freeBSD and a KVM switch? > > Definitely try FreeBSD 5.4. 4.x is definitively support for legacy > installations at this point, and the last year or two's work on USB > improvements has (pretty much entirely) been on 5.x. Yeah, that's what I thought. I've got an old PII box running 5.3, so I'll give the keyboard/mouse a try on that and see if it works. If it does I guess I get to figure out how to upgrade my workstation to 5.4... Thanks, Matt -- but transforming oneself into a helicopter of fists certainly has its appeal as well. --Jonah Goldberg