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To: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com>
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Subject: Re: Some significant (daresay serious) problems with 2.2.1 install
	 & keyboard 
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Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 16:18:21 +0900
From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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>I'm using the 2.2.1-RELEASE from ftp.freebsd.org; with the
>boot.flp found in floppies/newer.  [There is no checksum there,
>so I have no way of validating my copy...]
>
>If I boot this on a 386dx-33, with an intel 387; 12 megs of
>memory and an MGA screen.., circa 1988. I find that I cannot use 
>the cursor keys on the keyboard to navigate the options... the 
>down-arrow does nothing.
>
>Furthermore; even though the menu items imply you can use numbers
>to select an option; pressing the numbers on the keyboard yields
>nothing - or incorrect results.  For example, pressing the '3'
>on the keyboard moves the highlighted selection to "l" for "Load Config";
>pressing '5' gets you "c" for Configure .  Pressing '7' pops
>up the "Are you sure you wish to exit?" diaglog box; which immediately
>pops back down...

Do regular alpha and numeric keys and any other keys (such as ENTER,
ESC, TAB, space and function keys) work? How about Num-lock, Caps-lock
and Ctrl?

Do you see any error messages such as "sc0: keyboard reset failed"
after the kernel configuration menu.

>Now; here's the "kicker" - If if don't configure the kernel
>in any way (i.e. don't go into CLI mode to enter those commands)
>the keyboard works just great!  [Of course, to install 2.2.1, I
>need to get to the ethernet, which means I need to reconfigure
>ed0... sigh...]

Hmm, strange.

Kazu

>I'm happy to work with anyone/test boot floppies, to resolve this problem.
>
>	- Dave Rivers -