From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 20 20:58:07 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4237116A4B3 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 20:58:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alpha.siliconlandmark.com (alpha.siliconlandmark.com [209.69.98.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EC8143F85 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 20:58:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andy@siliconlandmark.com) Received: from alpha.siliconlandmark.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h9L3w2ZV079558; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:58:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from andy@siliconlandmark.com) Received: from localhost (andy@localhost)h9L3w1hA079555; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:58:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from andy@siliconlandmark.com) X-Authentication-Warning: alpha.siliconlandmark.com: andy owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:58:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Andre Guibert de Bruet To: Peter In-Reply-To: <013801c396ce$4f341ab0$0304a8c0@laptop> Message-ID: <20031020233453.Q73466@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> References: <013801c395bc$54f2e2a0$0304a8c0@laptop> <013801c396ce$4f341ab0$0304a8c0@laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Keyboard questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 03:58:07 -0000 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/ >