Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 16:18:21 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: Some significant (daresay serious) problems with 2.2.1 install & keyboard Message-ID: <199704050718.QAA25642@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 Apr 1997 20:56:59 EST." <199704050156.UAA12255@lakes.water.net> References: <199704050156.UAA12255@lakes.water.net>
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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 -
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