Re: NetBSD with a gaming keyboard

2017-08-15 Thread Swift Griggs
On Tue, 15 Aug 2017, Christian Baer wrote: I haven't actually seen the new one. It has tempted me for a while now, but all too often, remakes of movies I knew as a child, have not been too good. Just think of Star Wars Ep1. So, I was actually quoting the 1982 movie. There is no equal to Jar

Re: NetBSD with a gaming keyboard

2017-08-15 Thread Christian Baer
---=== Warning ===--- This post hast TL;DR potential! :-) On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 12:13:48 -0600 (MDT) Swift Griggs wrote: >> Greetings, Programs! ;-) > If you haven't seen the new Tron Legacy, I'd recommend it. It's > awesome. I'm not sure which one you are quoting :-) I

Re: NetBSD with a gaming keyboard

2017-08-14 Thread Brett Lymn
On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 09:35:53PM -0400, Ian D. Leroux wrote: > > Really? I've never owned a Das, but everything I've read (including > their own publicity materials) says that they use Cherry switches or > clones thereof, which are mechanical but very different from buckling > springs: > Ah

Re: NetBSD with a gaming keyboard

2017-08-14 Thread Jonathan A. Kollasch
On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 03:41:37PM +0200, Christian Baer wrote: > On Wed, 2017-08-09 at 11:43 -0500, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote: > > > I doubt that alone will work. I've been sitting on a ukbd(4) rototill > > that addresses this issue that I need to work on getting committable. > > If there is

Re: NetBSD with a gaming keyboard

2017-08-13 Thread Christian Baer
On Wed, 2017-08-09 at 08:56 -0700, Brian Buhrow wrote: Hello Brian! > hello.  I'm curious what brought you back to NetBSD from FreeBSD. This could end up being a longer post - more than I'd care to write at the moment. Additionally, I'm pretty sure, this is not the correct place for such a

Re: NetBSD with a gaming keyboard

2017-08-13 Thread Brett Lymn
On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 10:02:42AM -0500, John D. Baker wrote: > > Usually, hard-core gamers demand PS/2 keyboard ports because USB keyboards > are not responsive enough for "twitch" gaming. Thats why a number of > main boards retain PS/2 keyboard ports. > Not response, you can poll the USB

Re: NetBSD with a gaming keyboard

2017-08-10 Thread Swift Griggs
On Thu, 10 Aug 2017, Christian Baer wrote: Greetings, Programs! ;-) If you haven't seen the new Tron Legacy, I'd recommend it. It's awesome. I'm not sure which one you are quoting :-) I'm not sure exactly, why I didn't like the RAIDframe for doing this. If memory serves me, I believe that

Re: NetBSD with a gaming keyboard

2017-08-10 Thread John D. Baker
On Wed, 09 Aug 2017 16:08:55 +0200, Christian Baer wrote: > I installed NetBSD on Tuesday evening, which wasn't quite as painless > as I had hoped. My main problem currently is with my keyboard. For > years I had an IBM Model-M, which I loved and never

Re: NetBSD with a gaming keyboard

2017-08-10 Thread Christian Baer
On Wed, 2017-08-09 at 11:43 -0500, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote: > I doubt that alone will work. I've been sitting on a ukbd(4) rototill > that addresses this issue that I need to work on getting committable. If there is anything I can do to help this along, please give me a shout! I am quite

Re: NetBSD with a gaming keyboard

2017-08-10 Thread Christian Baer
On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 09:20:29 -0600 (MDT) Swift Griggs wrote: Greetings, Programs! ;-) >> ZFS seemed like the better (and easier) solution for me at the >> time. > ZFS seems more simple to me, too. However, RAIDframe is stable and > usable, too. I never doubted the

Re: NetBSD with a gaming keyboard

2017-08-09 Thread Jonathan A. Kollasch
On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 09:17:19AM -0700, Brian Buhrow wrote: > Hello. It looks like the ukbd driver only allows 8 modifier keys on > the keyboard, although the comment says it's 32 keys. > sys/dev/usb/ukbd.c:87 says: #define MAXMOD 8 /* max 32 */ > Assuming the comment is correct,

Re: NetBSD with a gaming keyboard

2017-08-09 Thread Brian Buhrow
Hello. It looks like the ukbd driver only allows 8 modifier keys on the keyboard, although the comment says it's 32 keys. sys/dev/usb/ukbd.c:87 says: #define MAXMOD 8 /* max 32 */ Assuming the comment is correct, it looks like a change from 8 to 16 would allow for up to 64

Re: NetBSD with a gaming keyboard

2017-08-09 Thread Brian Buhrow
hello. I'm curious what brought you back to NetBSD from FreeBSD. -thanks -Brian

Re: NetBSD with a gaming keyboard

2017-08-09 Thread Swift Griggs
On Wed, 9 Aug 2017, Christian Baer wrote: ZFS seemed like the better (and easier) solution for me at the time. ZFS seems more simple to me, too. However, RAIDframe is stable and usable, too. I had hoped. My main problem currently is with my keyboard. For years I had an IBM Model-M, which

NetBSD with a gaming keyboard

2017-08-09 Thread Christian Baer
Greetings dear readers! For reasons mainly around frustration with FreeBSD, I decided to give NetBSD another shot. I had a look at NetBSD a while back because I was setting up a new server at the time. I opted to stay with FreeBSD then, because after looking at the RAIDframe and ZFS in more