From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 8 01:18:06 2004 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 7990516A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 01:18:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web41702.mail.yahoo.com (web41702.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.93.119]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 50D0543D3F for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 01:18:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eodyna@yahoo.com.au) Received: (qmail 89553 invoked by uid 60001); 8 Nov 2004 01:18:06 -0000 Message-ID: <20041108011805.89551.qmail@web41702.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [203.8.18.100] by web41702.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 08 Nov 2004 12:18:05 EST Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 12:18:05 +1100 (EST) From: eodyna To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: 5.3RC2 and usb keyboards install problems 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: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 01:18:06 -0000 Hi there, Work recently purchased a Dell gx280. I orignally installed 5.2.1 and had problems with drivers. It was kindly mentioned that i should install 5.3 to help with these problems. I was also informed about problems with usb keyboards on boot/startup. Ive tried to have a look on google and couldn't come up with any solutions. I have tried to install 5.3 (from cd) however, sysinstall doesn't respond at all, on any of the options i choose to boot from. The BIOS doesn't have an option for keyboard for me to make changes. dmesg output before the sysinstall screen says "atkdb0 [GIANT-LOCKED]". I dont know how to set " set hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1"" if i cant access the keyboard, and the OS isn't installed for me to make any changes. apologies for my ignorance and confusion. if someone can point me in the right direction and or help me, id be very grateful. thank-you in advance. ams --------------------------------- Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies.