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Date:      Sat, 16 May 2015 14:49:12 -0700
From:      Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
To:        Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: UEFI, loader and keyboard problems
Message-ID:  <1B7BB188-33D0-4EFD-ACD3-6CB0F1A1AE66@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <5557BAF8.4070904@freebsd.org>
References:  <20150516165024.GA1230@kloomba> <D2B1096D-7221-4B7C-B7B4-07A8F846A945@FreeBSD.org> <5557BAF8.4070904@freebsd.org>

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On May 16, 2015, at 14:47, Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 2015-05-16 17:27, Dimitry Andric wrote:
>> On 16 May 2015, at 18:50, Roman Bogorodskiy <novel@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm running -CURRENT amd64
>>> 
>>> and have weird problems with keyboard in loader. Specifically, some char
>>> keys produce numbers. For example:
>>> 
>>> boot --> b66t
>>> 
>>> The problem appears to be with the right side of the query layout.
>>> 
>>> 'y' is still 'y', but 'u' becomes '4', 'i' becomes '5', etc. The same
>>> for the second row, 'h' is still 'h', but 'j' is '1' etc.
>> 
>> Is this maybe some weird keyboard in combination with NUM LOCK on?
>> 
>> -Dimitry
>> 
> 
> That is a good insight, I know a lot of laptops have a 'numpad' feature
> where the keys on the right side of the keyboard can provide the
> functionality of the numpad when numlock is on or when a function modify
> key is depressed.

It also depends on the keyboard itself. US keyboards are fairly straightforward, but other ones are a bit more complex, e.g. Japanese keyboards.
Thanks!
-NGie

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