Wireless Keyboard/Mouse recommendations?

2004-08-17 Thread Matt Navarre
Does anyone know of a wireless keyboard/mouse combo that works well with FreeBSD (and X Windows/ Kde)? I like the feel of most of the Logitech and Microsoft combos that I've tried*, but I'm concerned that all the web, cd control and email gewgaws they're festooned with will interfere

keyboard history buffer setting

2004-08-17 Thread Jay O'Brien
I can run kbdcontrol -h 500 or vidcontrol -h 500 to set the scroll back keyboard history buffer to 500 lines for the virtual terminal I'm using. How can I make that happen at boot, in the same manner as I run allscreens_flags in rc.conf to set other terminal parameters? I don't need

Re: no keyboard after boot

2004-08-15 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Ruben de Groot wrote: On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 08:31:31AM +0200, Oliver Fuchs typed: On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Alex Melkomukov wrote: Hello All, I have a strange situation where the PS/2 keyboard stops working after booting to FreeBSD. There is no mouse

Re: no keyboard after boot

2004-08-13 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Alex Melkomukov wrote: Hello All, I have a strange situation where the PS/2 keyboard stops working after booting to FreeBSD. There is no mouse. It works fine during POST, I can navigate and set BIOS settings, and can even hit the 'enter' key to start booting FreeBSD

Re: no keyboard after boot

2004-08-13 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 08:31:31AM +0200, Oliver Fuchs typed: On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Alex Melkomukov wrote: Hello All, I have a strange situation where the PS/2 keyboard stops working after booting to FreeBSD. There is no mouse. It works fine during POST, I can navigate and set

Re: no keyboard after boot

2004-08-13 Thread Alex Melkomukov
+0200, Oliver Fuchs typed: On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Alex Melkomukov wrote: Hello All, I have a strange situation where the PS/2 keyboard stops working after booting to FreeBSD. There is no mouse. It works fine during POST, I can navigate and set BIOS settings, and can even hit

no keyboard after boot

2004-08-12 Thread Alex Melkomukov
Hello All, I have a strange situation where the PS/2 keyboard stops working after booting to FreeBSD. There is no mouse. It works fine during POST, I can navigate and set BIOS settings, and can even hit the 'enter' key to start booting FreeBSD immediately, but once the machine starts booting

ps/2 mouse not detected when no keyboard is present

2004-08-10 Thread Olivier SMEDTS
Hello all, Here is my problem. I've got a fanless computer with a FreeBSD 5.2.1 embedded in a CompactFlash card. On this appliance, I must plug a PS/2 mouse but NO keyboard. When I boot the appliance with a keyboard and a mouse, no problem, atkbdc0 is detected, with atkbd0 and psm0

USB KVM Keyboard Drop Work-Around (almost, need help!!)

2004-08-09 Thread Dean E. Weimer
Bear with on this one, it is a little long, but I wanted to describe problem with as much detail as possible. I recently purchased a USB KVM to switch between my Windows XP Box and FreeBSD (5.2.1-RELEASE) file/web development server. I was able to use the USB keyboard after a boot, but as soon

IBM x-series 335 keyboard problem

2004-08-07 Thread Iain Sutcliffe
Hi, I am trying to install v5.2.1 onto an IBM x-series 335 server. It has a single cable with which to attach the monitor/keyboard/mouse that enables daisy chaining of servers. When I install I get to a point where I have to enter information and the keyboard doesn't work. I've tried several

Re: IBM x-series 335 keyboard problem

2004-08-07 Thread Axel S . Gruner
Hi. Am 06.08.2004 um 15:23 schrieb Iain Sutcliffe: I am trying to install v5.2.1 onto an IBM x-series 335 server. It has a single cable with which to attach the monitor/keyboard/mouse that enables daisy chaining of servers. When I install I get to a point where I have to enter information

IBM x-series 335 keyboard problem

2004-08-06 Thread Iain Sutcliffe
Hi, I am trying to install v5.2.1 onto an IBM x-series 335 server. It has a single cable with which to attach the monitor/keyboard/mouse that enables daisy chaining of servers. When I install I get to a point where I have to enter information and the keyboard doesn't work. I've tried several

Keyboard problems (connecting keyboard after boot)

2004-08-01 Thread Stefan Cars
Hi! I would like to be able to connect the keyboard after boot. It seems this is the way the ERA (Enhanced Remote Access) works on our Dell machines, is it possible to get this work ? I've seen somewhere that if the PS/2 isn't plugged in at boot FreeBSD defaults to USB, is it possible to change

Keyboard shortcuts for x windows system

2004-06-19 Thread Douglas Korinke
Running FreeBSD 4.9 and am trying to find a list of keyboard shortcuts to help me exit the x windows system without the help of the mouse. Thanks again, Doug ICQ : 26096369 AIM : itss0lidstate ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http

Re: Keyboard shortcuts for x windows system

2004-06-19 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2004-06-19 21:08, Douglas Korinke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Running FreeBSD 4.9 and am trying to find a list of keyboard shortcuts to help me exit the x windows system without the help of the mouse. CTRL+ALT+Backspace should bring down the entire X server

How do I get usb actions to cause keyboard actions?

2004-06-18 Thread jason
I have a gamepad and I have been playing with usbhidaction, but I don't know how to get it to send keyboard events. Say if I was playing super tux and I wanted my game pad a button to be mapped to the jump key on the keyboard? Has anyone done this or know where I should look for information

Problem with X11 v4/keyboard not working - not missing XKeysymDB

2004-06-15 Thread atk2
. Another had a strange keyboard - mine is a simple 101 or 105 keyboard - us standard ps2 plug). My keyboard def from XFree86 is: Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver keyboard Option CoreKeyboard #Option XkbRules xfree86

Re: Problems to install FreeBSD 5.0 with USB keyboard

2004-06-12 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Rafael Oliveira Ribeiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5 using a bootable CD-ROM, but I can get my USB keyboard working. Is there any way to solve this problem? Start by trying 5.2.1... ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http

Problems to install FreeBSD 5.0 with USB keyboard

2004-06-10 Thread Rafael Oliveira Ribeiro
Hi, I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5 using a bootable CD-ROM, but I can get my USB keyboard working. Is there any way to solve this problem? Thanks Rafael Ribeiro ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

How to turn off keyboard bell

2004-06-09 Thread Bob
Hi there, I'm having a difficult time turning off the keyboard bell. I have tried kbdcontrol -b off and setting keybell=NO in rc.conf, but this only shortens it down to a chirp. If I set kbdcontrol -b visual, then the audible bell goes away completely and I get a flashing screen instead

Re: How to turn off keyboard bell

2004-06-09 Thread Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
Bob wrote: Hi there, I'm having a difficult time turning off the keyboard bell. I have tried kbdcontrol -b off and setting keybell=NO in rc.conf, but this only shortens it down to a chirp. If I set kbdcontrol -b visual, then the audible bell goes away completely and I get a flashing screen

Re: setting up a system with no keyboard

2004-06-09 Thread doug
thanks - I would not have known to try that On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Jun 05), [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The question is: can I gain access without one? The system with no keyboard is 4.8, the rub is it is configured with an IP address not on the LAN. I

Re: How to turn off keyboard bell

2004-06-09 Thread Chris Pressey
On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 07:14:50 -0700 Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, I'm having a difficult time turning off the keyboard bell. I have tried kbdcontrol -b off and setting keybell=NO in rc.conf, but this only shortens it down to a chirp. If I set kbdcontrol -b visual

Re: How to turn off keyboard bell

2004-06-09 Thread Bob Hockney
Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: Bob wrote: Hi there, I'm having a difficult time turning off the keyboard bell. I have tried kbdcontrol -b off and setting keybell=NO in rc.conf, but this only shortens it down to a chirp. If I set kbdcontrol -b visual, then the audible bell goes

Re: How to turn off keyboard bell

2004-06-09 Thread Bob Hockney
Chris Pressey wrote: I'm having a difficult time turning off the keyboard bell. I have tried kbdcontrol -b off and setting keybell=NO in rc.conf, but this only shortens it down to a chirp. If I set kbdcontrol -b visual, then the audible bell goes away completely and I get a flashing

setting up a system with no keyboard

2004-06-05 Thread doug
The question is: can I gain access without one? The system with no keyboard is 4.8, the rub is it is configured with an IP address not on the LAN. I have physical access to the system. I tried: route add 204.156.12.157 -interface ep0 and sorta got what I wanted. netstat -rn -f inet Routing

Re: setting up a system with no keyboard

2004-06-05 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jun 05), [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The question is: can I gain access without one? The system with no keyboard is 4.8, the rub is it is configured with an IP address not on the LAN. I have physical access to the system. I tried: route add 204.156.12.157 -interface ep0

Problems installing a USB keyboard

2004-06-01 Thread Andreas Ntaflos
Hello list, this is just a quick question, I used to use a PS/2 keyboard, now I got a Cherry USB which I'd like to try out. I put device ukbd in my kernel configuration (along with device uhci, ohci, usb, ugen and uhid) and rebuilt it. However, I seem to be forgetting something, because when

Problems installing a USB keyboard

2004-06-01 Thread Robert Huff
Andreas Ntaflos writes: What am I missing? Sorry if this is something painfully obvious. It isn't, but you may find this applicable: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=30570 Robert Huff (who would like

Re: Problems installing a USB keyboard

2004-06-01 Thread Andreas Ntaflos
for this problem is to remove the AT keyboard driver from the kernel? This is mentioned somewhere in the handbook, too I think. There are two entries in the kernel configuration for the keyboard (controller): device atkbdc0 at isa? port IO_KBD device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 # flags 0x1: remove

Re: Problems installing a USB keyboard

2004-06-01 Thread jimmie james
for this problem is to remove the AT keyboard driver from the kernel? This is mentioned somewhere in the handbook, too I think. There are two entries in the kernel configuration for the keyboard (controller): device atkbdc0 at isa? port IO_KBD device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 # flags 0x1: remove

Re: Problems installing a USB keyboard

2004-06-01 Thread Andreas Ntaflos
-pr.cgi?pr=30570 Ok, thank you both, it kinda works now, with the limitations Jimmie mentioned. I out-commented device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 and I can use the USB keyboard now. Problem kinda solved :) Thanks! -- Andreas daff Ntaflos | A cynic is a man who knows the price of daff AT dword DOT org

Re: keyboard country mapping

2004-05-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 03:12:09PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: On Sat, 22 May 2004, arden wrote: I'm in the UK but my install has set up my keyboard as American how can i alter it ? You can choose a keymap interactively with kbdmap. Based on 'man rc.conf', adding keymap=uk.cp850

keyboard country mapping

2004-05-22 Thread arden
hi folks I'm in the UK but my install has set up my keyboard as American how can i alter it ? arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: keyboard country mapping

2004-05-22 Thread Michal Pasternak
arden [Sat, May 22, 2004 at 09:55:38PM +0100]: I'm in the UK but my install has set up my keyboard as American how can i alter it ? 2 ways: * run /stand/sysinstall and choose Keymap * man kbdcontrol, keymaps are in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps HTH, -- m

Re: keyboard country mapping

2004-05-22 Thread Doug Poland
arden wrote: hi folks I'm in the UK but my install has set up my keyboard as American how can i alter it ? kbdcontrol /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/uk.iso.kbd or, whatever keyboard definition you prefer. -- Regards, Doug ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing

Re: keyboard country mapping

2004-05-22 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 22 May 2004, arden wrote: I'm in the UK but my install has set up my keyboard as American how can i alter it ? You can choose a keymap interactively with kbdmap. Based on 'man rc.conf', adding keymap=uk.cp850 to your rc.conf may do what you want. (I'm not sure if that's the right one

installing fbsd 5.1 with a cordless keyboard/mouse

2004-04-02 Thread FreeBSD Beni
Hi list, I'm having a serious install problem. Trying to install a 5.1, clean install. Booting from the cd is no problem, i'm getting in the bootmenu. Starting the hardware detection, no problem. But then arriving in Sysinstall, i can't use my keyboard any more. It's a cordless usb keyboard

Cordless Mouse - combo Keyboard/mouse

2004-03-31 Thread charlysquare
Hi I've got a Cordless combo Mouse/keyboard Memorex RF7000, my keyboard is detected, but the mouse don't want to move.. i've tested it under knoppix or windows, and it works ! but under FreeBSD 5.2, i can't manage to move the cursor.. I've been helped by others 'til now, here is what

Re: problem with belgian keyboard in X

2004-03-28 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Saturday 27 March 2004 20:50, Geert Hendrickx wrote: Hi, I installed FreeBSD on a machine with a Belgian (azerty) keyboard. It works fine in console, but not in X: all keys are mapped correctly, except for the \ key. I have keymap=be.iso in rc.conf and Option XkbLayout be both

problem with belgian keyboard in X

2004-03-27 Thread Geert Hendrickx
Hi, I installed FreeBSD on a machine with a Belgian (azerty) keyboard. It works fine in console, but not in X: all keys are mapped correctly, except for the \ key. I have keymap=be.iso in rc.conf and Option XkbLayout be both in XF86Config X0-Config.keyboard. I've tried several variants

Re: Keyboard probing problem during installation - Solved

2004-03-26 Thread Randy Pratt
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 12:13 pm, Simon Dick wrote: On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 16:57, Randy Pratt wrote: I'm helping a friend to install FreeBSD on his machine 250 miles away. We're having some trouble with keyboard detection on versions later than 4.0. Version 4.0 detected the keyboard

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Ruben de Groot
never fry'd one. I'm always unplugging and pluging mine back in. The key to getting the keyboard re-initialized, when you plug it back in - at least under 5.2.1-RELEASE-p3 - is to change hint.atkbd.0.flags=0x1 to hint.atkbd.0.flags=0x0 in /boot/device.hints and reboot. After

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Matthew Emmerton
suppose it's possible, but I know I 've never fry'd one. I'm always unplugging and pluging mine back in. I'd never fried one either until just recently. Of all things when I plugged a mouse back in. It disabled the keyboard as well. Luckily the 'fried' part turned out to be a fusible link

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 01:10:13AM -0500, Steve Ireland wrote: snip This is a PS/2 thing, not an operating system thing. You really can fry your motherboard plugging and unplugging PS/2 devices while the system is powered up. Regards, Steve This is off-topic to the list, but I've been

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Peter Schuller
Hello, sorry for butting in late here, but this keyboard plugging issue has been a pet peeve of mine for quite a while. But of course, the best solution to this whole hot-plugging issue is this: BUY ANOTHER KEYBOARD OR MOUSE. What you would rather do? Buy a $20 keyboard/mouse or a $150

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Matthew Emmerton
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Peter Schuller wrote: Hello, sorry for butting in late here, but this keyboard plugging issue has been a pet peeve of mine for quite a while. But of course, the best solution to this whole hot-plugging issue is this: BUY ANOTHER KEYBOARD OR MOUSE. What you

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Peter Schuller
On Tuesday 23 March 2004 19.44, Matthew Emmerton wrote: That argument just doesn't hold in home environments or low-budget colo environments. If you're low-budget, buy another keyboard! And have ten+ keyboards in the rack? At home? It's a pain. And even with ten keyboards it's a pain

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Chris Pressey
transmitting 50% of the time and receiving 50% of the time (in all supported speeds). -- http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/usb_20.zip (a standards document - note required and must not be damaged) re PS/2: Vcc/Ground provide power to the keyboard/mouse. The keyboard or mouse should not draw

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread S. P.
-Chris Nice research, Chris, thanks for that...here's an embedded reference at a hardware site http://www.majikmarcer.com/html/tutorials/entsys.htm FWIW, and hopefully not just a me too, but merely anecdotal evidence: I've blown an AT mobo (old keyboard, what was that ... DIN 5-pin?) this way

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Chuck McManis
At 08:44 AM 3/23/2004, Nathan Kinkade wrote: Can anyone on the list point me to a manufacturers site or documentation that unequivocally states in clear terms the real dangers of hotplugging a PS/2 device? Like some of the other people who have replied, in the past I have hot-plugged many a PS/2

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Steve Ireland
- Original Message - From: Peter Schuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Matthew Emmerton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 15:54 Subject: Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?! On Tuesday 23 March 2004 19.44, Matthew Emmerton wrote

disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-22 Thread Rob
Hi, For some reason, I needed to borrow the keyboard from my FreeBSD PC (running 4.9 STABLE). So I disconnected the keyboard. When I reconnected it some time later, the system refused to use the keyboard. Key hits were totally ignored. I had to brutally reset my PC to get it back to work

disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-22 Thread Robert Huff
Hello: For some reason, I needed to borrow the keyboard from my FreeBSD PC (running 4.9 STABLE). So I disconnected the keyboard. When I reconnected it some time later, the system refused to use the keyboard. Key hits were totally ignored. Is the keyboard USB or PS/2

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-22 Thread Rob
Robert Huff wrote: For some reason, I needed to borrow the keyboard from my FreeBSD PC (running 4.9 STABLE). So I disconnected the keyboard. When I reconnected it some time later, the system refused to use the keyboard. Key hits were totally ignored. Is the keyboard USB or PS/2? Sorry, forgot

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-22 Thread Steve Ireland
- Original Message - From: Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 00:42 Subject: Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?! Robert Huff wrote: For some reason, I needed to borrow the keyboard from my FreeBSD PC (running 4.9 STABLE). So I

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-22 Thread Rob
Steve Ireland wrote: Robert Huff wrote: For some reason, I needed to borrow the keyboard from my FreeBSD PC (running 4.9 STABLE). So I disconnected the keyboard. When I reconnected it some time later, the system refused to use the keyboard. Key hits were totally ignored. Is the keyboard USB

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-22 Thread Shaun T. Erickson
to getting the keyboard re-initialized, when you plug it back in - at least under 5.2.1-RELEASE-p3 - is to change hint.atkbd.0.flags=0x1 to hint.atkbd.0.flags=0x0 in /boot/device.hints and reboot. After that, you can plug and unplug to your heart's content. I'm told this setting may have

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-22 Thread Wayne Sierke
one. I'm always unplugging and pluging mine back in. I'd never fried one either until just recently. Of all things when I plugged a mouse back in. It disabled the keyboard as well. Luckily the 'fried' part turned out to be a fusible link on the motherboard and was easily repaired

Keyboard won't work.

2004-03-21 Thread David L. Murray
When trying to install BreeBSD 5.2, I can't get past the main Sysinstall screen. The system won't respond to keyboard commands. I'm trying to install from CD purchased from BSD Mall. I use hard drive trays on my computer and am writing this my eComstation drive

X11 keyboard maps

2004-03-08 Thread epilogue
hello all, while researching keyboard languange mapping, i came across a command which would present the current layout graphically - keys overlayed with symbols. unfortunately, i neglected to bookmark the page. i recall that the image was created was in ps format and was piped into gv

X11 keyboard maps -- Answer! :)

2004-03-08 Thread epilogue
yay. i found it. in case you're ever need a visual map of your keyboard, give the following a try... xkbprint -color -nkg 2 -lg 1 :0 - | gv -seascape -scale 4 - naturally the man pages will give you more info regarding the tunable settings. cheers, epi -- Begin forwarded message

X11 keyboard maps -- redux

2004-03-08 Thread Robert Huff
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: yay. i found it. in case you're ever need a visual map of your keyboard, give the following a try... xkbprint -color -nkg 2 -lg 1 :0 - | gv -seascape -scale 4 - naturally the man pages will give you more info regarding the tunable settings

Mitsubishi Diamond Touch keyboard problem

2004-03-07 Thread Bob Dalzell
For some unknown reason, two of my keys have changed places, is there a simple way to remedy this problem, @ REGARDS BOB. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

RE: Mitsubishi Diamond Touch keyboard problem

2004-03-07 Thread Edmund Craske
That's a keymap thing... Depends on your keyboard layout, I'm not sure what the au layout is, but if it's anything like the UK one, it's the opposite way round to the default US keyboard layout for those keys, amongst other things. The easiest way of setting your keymap is probably with sysinstall

Re: Keyboard enabling in 5.X

2004-03-04 Thread Chuck McManis
Use a USB keyboard see usbd(8) and ukbd(4) At 11:58 PM 3/3/2004, den wrote: Hi, I have a question about keyboard driver in FreeBSD 5.X. I want to have a possibility to boot my box without keyboard and attach keyboard after system already started

4.9 install disks and USB keyboard?

2004-03-04 Thread stan
I tried to boot a amchine with a USB keyboard off of the 4.9 install floppies the other day, and it did not recognize the leyboard for the press enter after I inserted the 2nd floppy. This is my first machine with a USB keyboard, I;ve used USB mice sucesfully on 4 STABEL before. Am I missing

Re: 4.9 install disks and USB keyboard?

2004-03-04 Thread Chuck McManis
Boot uses the BIOS calls so you need to set Legacy USB Keyboard support true in the BIOS. Then it works fine. --Chuck At 10:47 AM 3/4/2004, stan wrote: Am I missing a tep here? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Keyboard enabling in 5.X

2004-03-03 Thread den
Hi, I have a question about keyboard driver in FreeBSD 5.X. I want to have a possibility to boot my box without keyboard and attach keyboard after system already started. In FreeBSD 4.X we may remove flags with values from kernel config line : device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1 and after

Re: keybell off in rc.conf disables my keyboard in 5.1 release (solved)

2004-02-29 Thread Oliver Fuchs
with my keyboard at the login - there was absolutely no funtionality (it was dead). Deleting the keybell entry in my rc.conf (via the livesystem CD and the option FIxIt) made the keyboard work again. Can someone point me to the solution of this problem or to some documentation because I am not able

Re: USB keyboard rollover problem [PATCHED]

2004-02-21 Thread Brian Candler
On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 03:56:02PM +, Brian Candler wrote: Here's what I get if I compile in and turn on USB keyboard debugging in the kernel, and type asd as a down, s down, a up, d down: this generates asds on screen. I have just spent a couple of hours debugging and documenting

USB keyboard rollover problem

2004-02-20 Thread Brian Candler
Since my old Vaio laptop has a broken key, I decided to get a USB keyboard for it. I have been using a USB mouse successfully for a while. However I have a problem with keyboard rollover, meaning I get duplicate characters when typing quickly. Example: Depress a -- a Depress b

Re: USB keyboard rollover problem

2004-02-20 Thread Brian Candler
On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 01:59:03PM +, Brian Candler wrote: However I have a problem with keyboard rollover, meaning I get duplicate characters when typing quickly. Example: Additional information: if I reboot my laptop into Windows 98 (forgot I had that partition!), the keyboard works

Re: USB keyboard rollover problem

2004-02-20 Thread Brian Candler
On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 02:49:43PM +, Brian Candler wrote: Additional information: if I reboot my laptop into Windows 98 (forgot I had that partition!), the keyboard works properly with no rollover problem. So it looks suspiciously like FreeBSD is not initialising it properly

Keyboard not detected on install.

2004-02-06 Thread David Murray
I have an old IBM PS-2 keyboard. When trying to load FreeBSD (any version) from CD there is no response to keyboard actions. I get to where I'm asked what I want to do by using the arrow keys and there is no response. I try to exit and try again and there is no response. I can't get

I have got a problem with keyboard (SPARC64)

2004-02-05 Thread
Hello. I have got a problem with keybord of BLADE 100 (SPARC). I fail to choose the type of installation such as standart, express or custom in the setupprogramm. My model of keyboard - TYPE6 USB Sun MICROSYSTEMS. I try install FeeBSD 5.2. Help me please

Re: I have got a problem with keyboard (SPARC64)

2004-02-05 Thread Ilya Varlashkin
On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:56:10AM +0300, wrote: Hello. I have got a problem with keybord of BLADE 100 (SPARC). I fail to choose the type of installation such as standart, express or custom in the setupprogramm. My model of keyboard - TYPE6 USB Sun MICROSYSTEMS. I try install FeeBSD 5.2

keybell off in rc.conf disables my keyboard in 5.1 release

2004-01-14 Thread Oliver Fuchs
Hi, I installed FreeBSD 5.1 with a new kernel (here I only added options VGA_WIDTH90). I want do disable the PC's internal beep, so I added from man rc.conf this to rc.conf: keybell=off. After rebooting I was not able to type in anything with my keyboard at the login - there was absolutely

installation with a usb keyboard

2003-12-27 Thread Geoff S. Garen
I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.9-stable with a usb keyboard. At the initial installation prompt (press enter to boot...), my keyboard works. I can even pause the boot loader to call up a command prompt. However, once the installation kernel boots, my keyboard doesn't work anymore

Re: vim keyboard mapping problems (ssh)

2003-11-27 Thread Jean-Baptiste Quenot
* Khairil Yusof: home,end,cursor keys work, but tab doesn't work for commands. tab key displays ^I instead. Try: :set nolist :help 'nolist' vim (insert mode): up cursor= A + enter left cursor = D + enter right cursor = C + enter down cursor = B + enter This is a terminal

Slow keyboard response, Presario 1230 laptop

2003-11-26 Thread Hein Hermans
Hi there, Yesterday I installed FreeBSD 4.5 (though I noticed the smae problem on 4.3 and 5.1) on a Presario 1230 laptop. During installation and afterwards I noticed a slow keyboard response on the console. Scrolling of long output works perfect or comparable to a Linux installation. Only while

Re: Slow keyboard response, Presario 1230 laptop

2003-11-26 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 03:26:06AM -0800, Hein Hermans wrote: Hi there, Yesterday I installed FreeBSD 4.5 (though I noticed the smae problem on 4.3 and 5.1) on a Presario 1230 laptop. During installation and afterwards I noticed a slow keyboard response on the console. Scrolling of long

kbdmap for iMac keyboard?

2003-11-26 Thread Ernst de Haan
Tried to connect an iMac keyboard (USB) to my FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE workstation. Works okay, recognized and automatically activated during the FreeBSD startup sequence. Is there a keyboard map for the iMac keyboard? Can I map the Apple key to a mouse button or to the Delete action? How do I see

Re: kbdmap for iMac keyboard?

2003-11-26 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 04:02:35PM +0100, Ernst de Haan wrote: Tried to connect an iMac keyboard (USB) to my FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE workstation. Works okay, recognized and automatically activated during the FreeBSD startup sequence. Is there a keyboard map for the iMac keyboard? Can I map

vim keyboard mapping problems (ssh)

2003-11-26 Thread Khairil Yusof
I couldn't figure why I'm having this problem. If anybody knows why my keyboard mappings are off, I'd really appreciate it. On my main machine, everything works just fine (tab, cursor keys, home, end) in both insert/command mode. I've recently built a simple FreeBSD 5.1 web server. The problem I

Re: vim keyboard mapping problems (ssh)

2003-11-26 Thread William O'Higgins
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 02:59:56AM +0800, Khairil Yusof wrote: vim (command mode): home,end,cursor keys work, but tab doesn't work for commands. tab key displays ^I instead. vim (insert mode): up cursor= A + enter left cursor = D + enter right cursor = C + enter down cursor = B + enter

Re: KDE and US International keyboard

2003-11-25 Thread Jean-Baptiste Quenot
to do. Do you have a US Qwerty keyboard? Why do you want to change the keyboard layout? Cheers, -- Jean-Baptiste Quenot http://caraldi.com/jbq/ pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: KDE and US International keyboard

2003-11-25 Thread Kent Stewart
to OpenOffice itself but I'm not sure. I don't understand what you're trying to do. Do you have a US Qwerty keyboard? Why do you want to change the keyboard layout? You have never apparently tried to type ü, ñ, á and all of the other special characters that English keyboards don't produce easily

Re: KDE and US International keyboard

2003-11-25 Thread ogautherot
Kent Stewart écrit: I tried to use the keymap us_intl under OpenOffice but it won't work; actually, I can't even type a single quote. snip You have never apparently tried to type ü, ñ, á and all of the other special characters that English keyboards don't produce easily. Yes, the

Re: KDE and US International keyboard

2003-11-25 Thread Jean-Baptiste Quenot
* [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Kent Stewart ?crit: I tried to use the keymap us_intl under OpenOffice but it won't work; actually, I can't even type a single quote. snip You have never apparently tried to type ?, ?, ? and all of the other special characters that English keyboards don't

Re: KDE and US International keyboard

2003-11-25 Thread Kent Stewart
1.1 to see if it solves the problem but no luck yet with this one either (it was some weeks ago so I don't remember exactly what it was...) Did anyone succeed ? (binary answer welcome :-) ) I use the es-Spanish keyboard layout. I went to the MS site that I told you about. The English Intl

Re: KDE and US International keyboard

2003-11-25 Thread Kent Stewart
quote. FWIW you may look to [1]Using Localization in the FreeBSD handbook. With kde it is really easier than they describe. All you have to do is switch the keyboard layout from the control panel regional keyboard layout. The problem is that once you switch from US qwerty to US Intl, you

Re: KDE and US International keyboard

2003-11-25 Thread Nathan Kinkade
keyboard layout. I went to the MS site that I told you about. The English Intl. is complicated. When I toggle from US to es, the dead keys all come into play. The ' becomes a dead key so that the sequence 'e produces é and so on. The ; becomes the ñÑ and etc. I use that layout in Kword

KDE and US International keyboard

2003-11-24 Thread ogautherot
Hi! I am running FreeBSD 5.1 RELEASE. My X environment is KDE (the one coming with the install). I tried to configure the keyboard as US International in the KDE config panel but, for some reason, it won't work. The ISO alternative (using Alt-Graph for accent composition) is fine but I would

Re: KDE and US International keyboard

2003-11-24 Thread Olivier Gautherot
! I am running FreeBSD 5.1 RELEASE. My X environment is KDE (the one coming with the install). I tried to configure the keyboard as US International in the KDE config panel but, for some reason, it won't work. The ISO alternative (using Alt-Graph for accent composition) is fine but I would like

Re: Logitech MX Duo troubles (fast RF wireless keyboard and mouse)

2003-11-18 Thread Stephen Hilton
then ended up pouring almost directly into my old keyboard. while i have attemtpted to clean that keyboard out (washed it thoroughly), i'm still waiting for it to dry before testing it. so, in the mean time, i thought i'd go ahead and get a new keyboard. since staples

Re: Logitech MX Duo troubles (fast RF wireless keyboard and mouse)

2003-11-18 Thread Gary
Hi Stephen, On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:17:39 -0600 UTC (11/18/2003, 9:17 AM -0600 UTC my time), Stephen Hilton wrote: if i don't find anything i'll ask over at -hackers. anyone else that has any ideas, feel free to chime in ;D S Kirt, S here is a pointer, long url coming: S

Logitech MX Duo troubles (fast RF wireless keyboard and mouse)

2003-11-17 Thread kirt
i recently had a small child (my daughter) jump into my lap while drinking a mr. pibb which then ended up pouring almost directly into my old keyboard. while i have attemtpted to clean that keyboard out (washed it thoroughly), i'm still waiting for it to dry before testing it. so, in the mean

Re: Logitech MX Duo troubles (fast RF wireless keyboard and mouse)

2003-11-17 Thread Markie
- Original Message - From: kirt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 3:15 PM Subject: Logitech MX Duo troubles (fast RF wireless keyboard and mouse) i recently had a small child (my daughter) jump into my lap while drinking a mr. pibb which then ended

Re: french accent + keyboard

2003-11-17 Thread Jean-Baptiste Quenot
* HYVERNAT Philippe: i have a freebsd 4.8 release and i have an azerty keyboard, but accents doesn't functions. I have the line : keymap=fr.iso.acc in the rc.conf file but nothing Have you read: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/using-localization.html

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