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Date:      Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:58:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com>
To:        Peter <freebsd@psam.se>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: USB Keyboard questions
Message-ID:  <20031020233453.Q73466@alpha.siliconlandmark.com>
In-Reply-To: <013801c396ce$4f341ab0$0304a8c0@laptop>
References:  <013801c395bc$54f2e2a0$0304a8c0@laptop> <013801c396ce$4f341ab0$0304a8c0@laptop>

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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Peter wrote:

> I have been reading that page and I have the keyboard working, but I
> fail to see how this will help a user that only has a USB Keyboard
> that wants to use FreeBSD5.1 and is unable to install it due to the
> lack of USB support from the start.

Some BIOSes offer a "USB legacy support" option which allows the use of a
usb keyboard as if it were a PS2 keyboard during system startup.

> And I still would like to know if its my keyboard that is out of sync
> with the USB spec since it will add letters when I write like .
> "This should read like this" but can end up like "Thisi should reaed
> likek this"

Does this keyboard exhibit the same behavior when it's plugged into a
Windows machine? It's a little early to speculate what the issue could be,
as there are a number of links in this chain but it's very possible that
you simply have a wonky keyboard on your hands.

Regards,

> Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant >
> Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/    >



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