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Date:      Sun, 7 Nov 2004 20:35:37 -0500
From:      Dev Tugnait <dev@unixdaemon.org>
To:        eodyna <eodyna@yahoo.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 5.3RC2 and usb keyboards install problems
Message-ID:  <20041108013537.GB40142@vampire.bloodlust.net>
In-Reply-To: <20041108011805.89551.qmail@web41702.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20041108011805.89551.qmail@web41702.mail.yahoo.com>

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Hey when the machine boots and you see the demon logo hit 6 and enter 'set hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1"' 

* eodyna (eodyna@yahoo.com.au) wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
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