Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:00:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Willcox <bob@luke.pmr.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/12738: Boot loader doesn't recognize IBM Spacesaver keyboard Message-ID: <199907211900.MAA99793@freefall.freebsd.org>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
The following reply was made to PR misc/12738; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bob Willcox <bob@luke.pmr.com> To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Cc: bob@pmr.com, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/12738: Boot loader doesn't recognize IBM Spacesaver keyboard Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 13:52:44 -0500 On Thu, Jul 22, 1999 at 03:29:26AM +0900, Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > > In my previous mail, I wrote: > > >>>Number: 12738 > >>>Category: misc > >>>Synopsis: Boot loader doesn't recognize IBM Spacesaver keyboard > >[...] > > >As soon as you see "Keyboard: no", hit the space key. You will see > >the boot block (note that this is not the boot loader) prompt. > > > >Type -Dh and return. Yes, you can type from the spacesaver keyboard > >at this point. Then things should go normally. > > > >This is a known problem and recently added to TROUBLE.TXT. > > > >Kazu > > Just for the record, would you provide us the part number of your > Spacesaver keyboard and details of your motherboard and BIOS, please? > > Also, after you install FreeBSD on the machine, give -v option to the > boot command. (You hit space when you see "automatic boot in X > seconds..." in the BTX loader, then type "boot -v".) > > When the system is up and running, review the file > /var/run/dmesg.boot and locate the line: > > atkbd: keyboard ID 0xXXXX (XX) > > I would like to know the ID number. It is: atkbd: keyboard ID 0x54ab (0) > > I also own an IBM Spacesaver keyboard (part # 1393278), and it's > recognized by the boot block all right. My motherboard is MicroStar > MS-6103 with the AWARD BIOS. My keyboard is part #1397681. The motherboard is an ASUS P/I-XP6NP5, Award BIOS (Ver. 0105). Hope this helps, Bob -- Bob Willcox Don't tell me that worry doesn't do any good. bob@pmr.com I know better. The things I worry about don't Austin, TX happen. -- Watchman Examiner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199907211900.MAA99793>