From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 7 09:56:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 311A816A4CE for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:56:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net (swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4191343FB1 for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:56:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from me@prestoncrawford.com) Received: from apx1-04-121.pdx.du.teleport.com ([216.26.2.121] helo=serpentor.cobrala) by swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AIAqV-0006Ju-00 for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2003 09:56:31 -0800 Received: by serpentor.cobrala (Postfix, from userid 500) id 63345B18; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 07:25:13 -0800 (PST) From: Preston Crawford To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20031106190608.3641.qmail@web14606.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20031106190608.3641.qmail@web14606.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1068218713.4093.2.camel@serpentor.cobrala> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.3 Date: 07 Nov 2003 07:25:13 -0800 Subject: Re: Alphasmart on FreeBSD? Good book? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 17:56:34 -0000 X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 17:56:34 -0000 Thanks for all the help everyone. So far so good. Okay, so I did my install and I'm coming across a few issues. I got GDM running and it looks really nice. It runs really fast. I always forget about then when I install FreeBSD, how fast it is. At least, it seems faster compared to SuSE. Now I back to this word processor I use. Since it essentially connects to your computer like a USB keyboard, it works really easily, for the most part. Under Linux I plugged it in, it was recognized and I could use it. The main thing you do with it is hit a "send" button that basically dumps everything in the current file you're working on into whatever editor you have open. Works great. Under FreeBSD I had to use kbdcontrol to switch control to the keyboard, then back to the PS/2 keyboard. This isn't a deal-killer by any stretch, but isn't there a way to use both at once and not have to switch from one to the other? Or maybe even some way to get a hotplug script of some kind to fire when I plug it in, from which I can make the call to switch them? Preston