Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 12:26:09 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/1868: keyboard leds Message-ID: <326E7151.41C67EA6@whistle.com> References: <199610230410.VAA01315@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Bruce Evans wrote: > > The following reply was made to PR kern/1868; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> > To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, julian@current1.whistle.com > Cc: Subject: Re: kern/1868: keyboard leds > Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 13:57:50 +1000 > > >>Synopsis: system knows it has no keyboard but complains leds won't work > > > During the probe, pcvt says: > >pcvt: doreset() - Caution - no PC keyboard detected! > >vt0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard > >Keyboard LED command not ACKed (responses 0xfe 0xfe) > >Keyboard LED command not ACKed (responses 0xfe 0xfe) > >Keyboard LED command not ACKed (responses 0xfe 0xfe) > >Keyboard LED command not ACKed (responses 0xfe 0xfe) > >Keyboard LED command not ACKed (responses 0xfe 0xfe) > >Keyboard LED command not ACKed (responses 0xfe 0xfe) > >Keyboard LED command not ACKed (responses 0xfe 0xfe) > >Keyboard LED command not ACKed (responses 0xfe 0xfe) > >Keyboard LED command not ACKed (responses 0xfe 0xfe) > > > >well, DUH! maybe that's because there is no keyboard, > >as mentioned in the previous row?? > > It doesn't know. The keyboard might have been plugged in > between the time when it not detected and the time when the > LED commands are issued, although this is unlikely during > the boot. > > >bde added the led changes > > Previously it told me that I had no keyboard, and didn't > print anything for the LED errors, but I had a keyboard, > and everything except setting the LEDs worked. COuldn't it be less verbose if there's a chance that there is no keyboard? this really is not urgent or important.. just a comment that people have been making.. (they are coming up to me and saying "I have a problem with my machine, it's giving me new error messages" as they normally run with no keyboard) > > Bruce
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