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From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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Subject: RE: FreeBSD 4.2 Installation - Keyboard Problem
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 22:00:44 -0700
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Have you tried a different keyboard just to see if it
would make a difference?  Sometimes there's timing differences
I've seen this problem on other operating systems too.

Ted Mittelstaedt                      tedm@toybox.placo.com
Author of:          The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
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>Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 7:13 PM
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>Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.2 Installation - Keyboard Problem
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>At Mon, 4 Jun 2001 18:11:11 +1000, "Doug Young" <dougy@brizzie.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>> The computer is an Acer Veriton 5100. The hardware is in excellent
>>condition.
>>>
>>many proprietory systems give weird problems like that ... my guess 
>>is that
>>deals done betwixt the hardware manufacturer & Microsoft resulted in
>>"optimization" for Windows operating systems :)
>>
>
>Hi Douglas,
>
>How exactly does your reply contribute to our goal of getting FreeBSD to 
>respond to my keyboard? 
>
>If your conspiracy theory is correct, then Linux must also have a part in 
>the deal, because my keyboard works fine under various distributions of 
>it. As does OpenBSD. I am not antagonizing FreeBSD, however, because it 
>_is_ my favorite operating system. I just wish I could pass the 
>installation 
>procedure.
>
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