From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Oct 31 17:48:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA17621 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 17:48:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles215.castles.com [208.214.165.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA17604 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 17:48:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01410; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:55:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810312355.PAA01410@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, Mike Smith Subject: Re: Installing (Last one for tonight) In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 31 Oct 1998 01:06:38 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:55:29 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > [ If you follow this thread, eventually you will be able to install FreeBSD > on an Alpha Personal Workstation, avoiding many silly mistakes ] > > Got the kernel working, loads sysinstall (with strange colors (red > background, etc.) but the keyboard (console!) is very goofy: > > * Does not react (in sysinstall) to any normal keystroke > * Reacts (correctly) to ^C by asking ``Are you sure you want to abort...'' > * Reacts correctly to ctl=alt=del > * Works correctly in alt-F2 Whoah. It worked here OK, but that plus the funny colours makes me think that libdialog is *not* 64-bit clean. > * Pause works correctly by allowing scrolling etc. You mean scroll lock? > * Works correctly in kernel debugger, although some boots cause it to work > for only one or two characters, until the next ctl-alt-ESC Hmm. That's weird. I've seen some i386 keyboard problems as well; I think there may be a couple of nasties here. Thanks for the input; keep plugging when you get the time. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message