Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 08:00:43 GMT From: "Remko Lodder" <remko@elvandar.org> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/108828: Can not install 6.2-release on a USB keyboard system Message-ID: <200702060800.l1680hgq025187@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/108828; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Remko Lodder" <remko@elvandar.org>
To: "Bakul Shah" <bakul@bitblocks.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: i386/108828: Can not install 6.2-release on a USB keyboard
system
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 08:56:21 +0100 (CET)
Would it be somehow possible to obtain the startup information from the
system?
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Kind regards,
Remko Lodder ** remko@elvandar.org
FreeBSD ** remko@FreeBSD.org
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> On a Dell Dimension 9200 system there is no ps2 keyboard. The bios
> has legacy support so its usb attached keyboard works until freebsd
> boots. Using this, I escaped to the loader prompt and added
>
> set hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1"
>
> This is what a 5.5 installer does when you choose "Boot FreeBSD with
> USB keyboard" but the usb keyboard is not recognized. On a different
> system I checked that usb keyboard support is compiled in the kernel
> so it appears this is a bug....
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