Re: Keyboard weirdness

2013-01-12 Thread Andre Goree
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:48:01 -0500, Andre Goree wrote: All of a sudden today Im having a very weird issue with my keyboards. 1. Pressing the ctrl key nets a single quotation mark 2. Pressing s nets s. (s followed by a period). Pressing period nets that same s. combination 3. Pressing the q

Re: keyboard and mouse problem

2013-01-09 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 23:53:04 -0800 (PST) Jack Mc Lauren wrote: > I have a freeBSD 8.2 amd64 on my system and I'm using > gnome environment. But after a few seconds my USB keyboard and  PS/2 > mouse hang up !!! > when did you setup the system? Did this happen after an update? > What should I

Re: keyboard and mouse problem

2013-01-09 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Jack Mc Lauren writes: > I have a freeBSD 8.2 amd64 on my system and I'm using > gnome environment. But after a few seconds my USB keyboard and  PS/2 > mouse hang up !!! > > What should I do ? Are you still able to switch to other virtual terminals? Are you still able to ssh in to the system and

Re: keyboard latency from time to time

2012-05-10 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Monday, April 09, 2012 a las 07:06:59PM +0200, Matthias Apitz escribió: > Months later, in some other issue, I learned about the feature of KDE > "slow keys" and what I have described is exactly the same behaviour and > I can now even reproduce this with just pressing and holding down the >

Re: keyboard latency from time to time

2012-04-09 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Monday, July 25, 2011 a las 05:10:47PM +0200, Matthias Apitz escribió: > > Hello, > > I run a 9-CURRENT from end of October on an Acer D250 laptop; which in > general runs very fine; from time to time (say once a month) I encounter > the following situation within KDE3 or X11: > > from a

Re: Keyboard repeat issues with Dell Optiplex 980s

2011-01-20 Thread Steve Polyack
On 01/19/11 09:35, Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote: On 01/-10/-28163 20:59, Steve Polyack wrote: On 1/18/2011 5:56 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 04:40:13PM -0500, Steve Polyack wrote: We've recently upgraded a few desktop workstations from Dell Optiplex 960s to Optiplex 980s. W

Re: Keyboard repeat issues with Dell Optiplex 980s

2011-01-19 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
On Wednesday 19 January 2011 15:51:41 Steve Polyack wrote: > On 01/19/11 08:48, Steve Polyack wrote: > > On 1/18/2011 5:56 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 04:40:13PM -0500, Steve Polyack wrote: > >>> We've recently upgraded a few desktop workstations from Dell > >>> Optiplex

Re: Keyboard repeat issues with Dell Optiplex 980s

2011-01-19 Thread Steve Polyack
On 01/19/11 08:48, Steve Polyack wrote: On 1/18/2011 5:56 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 04:40:13PM -0500, Steve Polyack wrote: We've recently upgraded a few desktop workstations from Dell Optiplex 960s to Optiplex 980s. We were running FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE. The migration w

Re: Keyboard repeat issues with Dell Optiplex 980s

2011-01-19 Thread Steve Polyack
On 01/19/11 09:35, Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote: On 01/-10/-28163 20:59, Steve Polyack wrote: On 1/18/2011 5:56 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 04:40:13PM -0500, Steve Polyack wrote: We've recently upgraded a few desktop workstations from Dell Optiplex 960s to Optiplex 980s. W

Re: Re: Keyboard repeat issues with Dell Optiplex 980s

2011-01-19 Thread Jan Henrik Sylvester
On 01/-10/-28163 20:59, Steve Polyack wrote: On 1/18/2011 5:56 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 04:40:13PM -0500, Steve Polyack wrote: We've recently upgraded a few desktop workstations from Dell Optiplex 960s to Optiplex 980s. We were running FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE. The migratio

Re: Keyboard repeat issues with Dell Optiplex 980s

2011-01-19 Thread Steve Polyack
On 1/18/2011 5:56 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 04:40:13PM -0500, Steve Polyack wrote: We've recently upgraded a few desktop workstations from Dell Optiplex 960s to Optiplex 980s. We were running FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE. The migration was performed by simply swapping the drive

Re: Keyboard repeat issues with Dell Optiplex 980s

2011-01-19 Thread Steve Polyack
On 01/19/11 08:48, Steve Polyack wrote: On 1/18/2011 5:56 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 04:40:13PM -0500, Steve Polyack wrote: We've recently upgraded a few desktop workstations from Dell Optiplex 960s to Optiplex 980s. We were running FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE. The migration w

Re: Keyboard repeat issues with Dell Optiplex 980s

2011-01-18 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 04:40:13PM -0500, Steve Polyack wrote: > > We've recently upgraded a few desktop workstations from Dell > Optiplex 960s to Optiplex 980s. We were running FreeBSD > 8.1-RELEASE. The migration was performed by simply swapping the > drives into the new systems. Immediately

Re: keyboard and mouse no longer working

2010-01-06 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, n dhert wrote: On a dual-boot PC (windows, ubuntu) I added a FreeBSD 7.2-amd64 partition. No problem. Then I removed the SATA disk, and replaced it with a larger SATA disk. With GParted I removed everything on that newer disk, and started installing FreeBSD 7.2 amd64 from a

Re: Keyboard not working in gnome?

2009-05-15 Thread Robert Noland
On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 18:56 +0200, Christopher Arnold wrote: > Problem solved, see below.. > > On Fri, 15 May 2009, Christopher Arnold wrote: > > > On Fri, 15 May 2009, Robert Noland wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 13:05 +0200, Christopher Arnold wrote: > >>> In Xorg.0.log i see: > >>> (II)

Re: Keyboard not working in gnome?

2009-05-15 Thread Christopher Arnold
Problem solved, see below.. On Fri, 15 May 2009, Christopher Arnold wrote: On Fri, 15 May 2009, Robert Noland wrote: On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 13:05 +0200, Christopher Arnold wrote: In Xorg.0.log i see: (II) config/hal: Adding input device USB Receiver (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest fail

Re: Keyboard not working in gnome?

2009-05-15 Thread Christopher Arnold
On Fri, 15 May 2009, Robert Noland wrote: On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 13:05 +0200, Christopher Arnold wrote: Hi again, some more input on this. In Xorg.0.log i see: (II) config/hal: Adding input device USB Receiver (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8) (II) config/hal: Adding input de

Re: Keyboard not working in gnome?

2009-05-15 Thread Robert Noland
On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 10:09 -0500, Andrew Gould wrote: > > > > > > And in /etc/rc.conf: > > bus_enable="YES" > > Shouldn't the line above be: > > dbus_enable="YES" Yes, sorry... typo... robert. > > > > hald_enable="YES" > > >

Re: Keyboard not working in gnome?

2009-05-15 Thread Andrew Gould
> > > > And in /etc/rc.conf: > > bus_enable="YES" Shouldn't the line above be: dbus_enable="YES" > > > hald_enable="YES" > > > > Or does anyone have any hints on why a keyboard (that i'm currently > > writing on...) don't work in X11/Gnome? > > Any hints on debugging this? > > > > /Chr

Re: Keyboard not working in gnome?

2009-05-15 Thread Robert Noland
On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 13:05 +0200, Christopher Arnold wrote: > Hi again, > > some more input on this. > > In Xorg.0.log i see: > (II) config/hal: Adding input device USB Receiver > (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8) > (II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Keyboard > (EE) config/h

Re: Keyboard not working in gnome?

2009-05-15 Thread Christopher Arnold
Hi again, some more input on this. In Xorg.0.log i see: (II) config/hal: Adding input device USB Receiver (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8) (II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Keyboard (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8) (The at part makes sense, i only have US

Re: Keyboard adaptor PS/2 -> USB to use with FreeBSD

2009-03-13 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, > I'm aware of the fact that there are adaptors (adapters?) do > plug a standard PS/2 keyboard (and mouse) into an USB port. > Do I have to pay attention to get a specific device or are > they that simple (wired) that any will do? I don't know about the others, but the adapter delivered by De

Re: Keyboard-beep on FreeBSD?

2009-01-27 Thread Mel
On Tuesday 27 January 2009 08:13:38 Wojciech Puchar wrote: > man kbdcontrol Yeah I looked there too, only can set tone and off/normal/visual. Normal being when console asks attention, not on every stroke. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never g

Re: Keyboard-beep on FreeBSD?

2009-01-27 Thread Wojciech Puchar
man kbdcontrol :) On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, herbert langhans wrote: Hi List, a short question: Is there an easy way to get a keyboard-beep (each letter beeping when you type, like an old terminal)? Maybe there is some straight forward settings - before I start to experiment.. Thank you! herbs __

Re: keyboard!!

2008-08-03 Thread John Almberg
I suppose this is mentioning the obvious, but in case anyone thinks IBM Model M keyboards are hard to find, just check eBay. You can get them in good condition for around $25. Good condition meaning it will last another 10 years (at least.) -- John _

Re: keyboard!!

2008-08-03 Thread David Newman
On 7/31/08 2:02 PM, David Gurvich wrote: So you have also been lusting after one of these keyboards? Has anyone actually ordered and used one of these and what is the opinion on them? I can vouch for the Endurapro, which combines the buckling-spring feel of an old AT keyboard with a TrackPoi

Re: keyboard!!

2008-07-31 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 02:41:22AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:34:15 -0400, Chess Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I use an original model M made in the mid 1980's and love it. > > Same here, too. I'm actually typing this on it (black logo, > detachable HIL cable). > >

Re: keyboard!!

2008-07-31 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:34:15 -0400, Chess Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use an original model M made in the mid 1980's and love it. Same here, too. I'm actually typing this on it (black logo, detachable HIL cable). > You can > still order used and new original Model M's from > http://

Re: keyboard!!

2008-07-31 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 05:02:05PM -0400, David Gurvich wrote: > Hello Roland, > > So you have also been lusting after one of these keyboards? Has anyone > actually ordered and used one of these and what is the opinion on them? > > Thanks > David hi david, i'll report back, eit

Re: keyboard!!

2008-07-31 Thread Gonzalo Nemmi
On Thursday 31 July 2008 17:57:31 Roland Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 01:39:17PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > hi people, > > > > a friend gave me two of his old dell keyboards; one of which has > > worked pretty well. trouble is that is it very large-- std?? > > travel-ti

Re: keyboard!!

2008-07-31 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:57:31PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 01:39:17PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > hi people, > > > > a friend gave me two of his old dell keyboards; one of which has > > worked pretty well. trouble is that is it very large-- std?? > >

Re: keyboard!!

2008-07-31 Thread Chess Griffin
Roland Smith wrote: I'm thinking of orderding one myself, because I really liked the solid feel of those old model-M keyboards. I use an original model M made in the mid 1980's and love it. You can still order used and new original Model M's from http://www.clickykeyboards.com/ including t

Re: keyboard!!

2008-07-31 Thread David Gurvich
Hello Roland, So you have also been lusting after one of these keyboards? Has anyone actually ordered and used one of these and what is the opinion on them? Thanks David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/li

Re: keyboard!!

2008-07-31 Thread Roland Smith
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 01:39:17PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > hi people, > > a friend gave me two of his old dell keyboards; one of which has > worked pretty well. trouble is that is it very large-- std?? > travel-time is just that much moresince i am using only my

Re: keyboard!!

2008-07-31 Thread David Gurvich
I know of a company that makes new buckle-spring keyboards of all sorts, unicomp (uses the name pckeyboards). That includes custom made ones. The only issue for me is the price, $99. The one I've been wanting is the endurapro with a thinkpad-like stick in the middle. ___

Re: Keyboard repetition under X11

2008-06-18 Thread Chris
Hi, thanks, but unfortunately that didn't help, since the problem is confined to X. What did work, though, is that I added: xset r rate 500 20 in my .xinitrc So I suspect that there's some bug in this version of Xorg w.r.t. AutoRepeat and this keyboard type (since it has worked immediately on

Re: Keyboard repetition under X11

2008-06-18 Thread alt127
hi, maybe you should give kbdcontrol a try you could also pass the values in /etc/rc.conf as keyrate=delay.repeat Chris wrote: > Hi all, > > this is probably a silly question, but I can't find > what I'm doing wrong, so I need help. > I just re-installed my FreeBSD box from 6.0 to 7.0 and > s

Re: keyboard initialization in freebsd

2008-03-27 Thread Jim Stapleton
> I haven't used my MS keyboard on 7.0 yet. the box it's hooked up to is > a test box and i'm going through a torture session quickly. :P > > I'll check it soon though. Are you looking for any feedback, any > special specific feedback? > > --Tim > Yeah, does anyone have an idea of what cha

Re: keyboard initialization in freebsd

2008-03-26 Thread Tim Judd
Jim Stapleton wrote: On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Tim Judd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jim Stapleton wrote: > Can anyone give me information on keyboard initialization during > boot-up related to my issues listed below? > > In 6.2, my system booted up, and worked fine. [alt][ctrl][f#]

Re: keyboard initialization in freebsd

2008-03-26 Thread Jim Stapleton
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Tim Judd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jim Stapleton wrote: > > Can anyone give me information on keyboard initialization during > > boot-up related to my issues listed below? > > > > In 6.2, my system booted up, and worked fine. [alt][ctrl][f#] would > > swit

Re: keyboard initialization in freebsd

2008-03-26 Thread Robert Huff
Tim Judd writes: > I have a Microsoft keyboard that places functions like "Save" > "Open" "Reply" "Reply All" in the Function row keys F#. There is > a Function lock key I have to use in order to use F# keys as F# > keys. I use a Logitech iTouch that does the same. > Annoys the cr

Re: keyboard initialization in freebsd

2008-03-26 Thread Tim Judd
Jim Stapleton wrote: Can anyone give me information on keyboard initialization during boot-up related to my issues listed below? In 6.2, my system booted up, and worked fine. [alt][ctrl][f#] would switch consoles, and I was happy. In 7.0, the same would not happen. After googling, I found some m

Re: Keyboard without Scroll Lock

2007-09-26 Thread Rob
> No, it's your way of saying STFU let invalid.org deal with it. > Example.com is set-up for this. Use that if you must. My apologies... I did some homework after your post and realized that is a valid domain name (though apparently inactive.) I won't use it. My STFU was self-referential. I

Re: Keyboard without Scroll Lock

2007-09-26 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Bill Campbell wrote: I think that the Scroll Lock key simply toggles this, sending alternate ctrl-s, ctrl-q to stop and start traffic. In a system console, Ctrl-S and -Q work as usual, but Scroll Lock lets you scroll through console history. man syscons | less +/Back\ S

Re: Keyboard without Scroll Lock

2007-09-26 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 03:24:24PM -0400, Rob wrote: > Duane Hill wrote: >> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 at 14:44 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] confabulated: >>> -Rob [don't cc me; I'm subscribed and the reply addy is bogus] >> Not to take this off topic, so you own invalid.org? > > Uhh, no. Seems like I've

Re: Keyboard without Scroll Lock

2007-09-26 Thread Mel
On Wednesday 26 September 2007 21:24:24 Rob wrote: > Duane Hill wrote: > > On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 at 14:44 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] confabulated: > >> -Rob [don't cc me; I'm subscribed and the reply addy is bogus] > > > > Not to take this off topic, so you own invalid.org? > > Uhh, no. Seems like I

Re: Keyboard without Scroll Lock

2007-09-26 Thread Bill Campbell
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007, Harry Matthiesen Jensen wrote: >On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 11:22:39AM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote: >> > >> >just for info, if you happens to buy a keyboard without the Scroll Lock >> >key, as I did (Logitech EX110), and are missing this function in consoles, >> >I found a solution

Re: Keyboard without Scroll Lock

2007-09-26 Thread Rob
Duane Hill wrote: On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 at 14:44 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] confabulated: -Rob [don't cc me; I'm subscribed and the reply addy is bogus] Not to take this off topic, so you own invalid.org? Uhh, no. Seems like I've seen it for years in examples, documentation and whatnot. So

Re: Keyboard without Scroll Lock

2007-09-26 Thread Harry Matthiesen Jensen
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 02:44:43PM -0400, Rob wrote: >>> just for info, if you happens to buy a keyboard without the Scroll Lock >>> key, as I did (Logitech EX110), and are missing this function in >>> consoles, >> A far simpler way is to use xoff/xon, ctrl-s stops things, and >> ctrl-q restarts.

Re: Keyboard without Scroll Lock

2007-09-26 Thread Duane Hill
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 at 14:44 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] confabulated: -Rob [don't cc me; I'm subscribed and the reply addy is bogus] Not to take this off topic, so you own invalid.org? -- _|_ (_| | ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing li

Re: Keyboard without Scroll Lock

2007-09-26 Thread Rob
Bill Campbell wrote: just for info, if you happens to buy a keyboard without the Scroll Lock key, as I did (Logitech EX110), and are missing this function in consoles, A far simpler way is to use xoff/xon, ctrl-s stops things, and ctrl-q restarts. Yeah, but that won't retrieve the stuff that

Re: Keyboard without Scroll Lock

2007-09-26 Thread Harry Matthiesen Jensen
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 11:22:39AM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote: > > > >just for info, if you happens to buy a keyboard without the Scroll Lock > >key, as I did (Logitech EX110), and are missing this function in consoles, > >I found a solution with re-configuring the keymap (I'm probably not the > >

Re: Keyboard without Scroll Lock

2007-09-26 Thread Bill Campbell
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007, Harry Matthiesen Jensen wrote: >Hi, > >I don't know where to post this, except from this list, so maybe someone >will add it to a FAQ ;-). > >just for info, if you happens to buy a keyboard without the Scroll Lock >key, as I did (Logitech EX110), and are missing this function

Re: keyboard layout change in Xorg 7.2

2007-08-06 Thread Novembre
On 8/6/07, Michael Nottebrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Novembre schrieb: > > I have Xfce 4.4.1_1 on top of X.org 7.2 running on FreeBSD > > 6.2-RELEASEinstalled on a Pentium III-S > > 1.4GHz machine. > > The problem is that the ALT keys are not working when using XkbLayout > option > > in xor

Re: keyboard layout change in Xorg 7.2

2007-08-06 Thread Michael Nottebrock
Novembre schrieb: > I have Xfce 4.4.1_1 on top of X.org 7.2 running on FreeBSD > 6.2-RELEASEinstalled on a Pentium III-S > 1.4GHz machine. > The problem is that the ALT keys are not working when using XkbLayout option > in xorg.conf when I put the following lines in /etc/X11/xorg.conf: > > Option

Re: keyboard layout switching problem

2007-07-25 Thread Andriy Babiy
On July 25, 2007, Yuri Pankov wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 10:05:55PM -0700, Andriy Babiy wrote: > > Hi everybody! > > > > After today's upgrade of xkeyboard-config (all ports are up-to-date) I > > have a problem with switching between English and Russian layouts in > > KDE. Instead of country

Re: keyboard layout switching problem

2007-07-25 Thread Yuri Pankov
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 10:05:55PM -0700, Andriy Babiy wrote: > Hi everybody! > > After today's upgrade of xkeyboard-config (all ports are up-to-date) I have > a problem with switching between English and Russian layouts in KDE. > Instead of country flag icon or letters, the "err" is shown. > Th

Re: Keyboard layout problem with xkeyboard-config-1.0

2007-07-25 Thread Jan Henrik Sylvester
Answering myself: Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote: After updating to xkeyboard-config-1.0 (from 0.9_3) yesterday and booting for the first time after the update today, the KDE Keyboard Tool tray icon displays "err" with tooltip "Error changing keyboard layout to 'us'" (or 'de(deadgraveacute)' depen

Re: Keyboard problems with xorg 7.2 and Dell Inspiron 5100?

2007-05-28 Thread Ying-Chieh Liao
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 15:47:39 +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > Looking at the log file, nothing obvious reaches out and grabs me. In > particular, the keyboard-related information corresponds exactly with > the Knoppix log file (modulo keyboard layout). > > Has anybody else seen this? Any

Re: Keyboard Issue on Dell 1850/FreeBSD

2006-04-04 Thread Anish Mistry
On Tuesday 04 April 2006 14:13, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > Anish Mistry wrote: > >>The DRAC keyboard (USB) takes precedence over any other keyboard > >>you attach. I believe work is in progress to make FreeBSD > >>recognise multiple simultaneous keyboards. > > > >The RELENG_6 and CURRENT have kbdmux su

Re: Keyboard Issue on Dell 1850/FreeBSD

2006-04-04 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Anish Mistry wrote: The DRAC keyboard (USB) takes precedence over any other keyboard you attach. I believe work is in progress to make FreeBSD recognise multiple simultaneous keyboards. The RELENG_6 and CURRENT have kbdmux support for multiple keyboards. Cool. Will those changes ma

Re: Keyboard Issue on Dell 1850/FreeBSD

2006-04-04 Thread Anish Mistry
On Tuesday 04 April 2006 13:45, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > mike s. cojocea wrote: > > Hello, folks, > > > > I am working to install a FreeBSD 6.0 on a Dell 1850, with Dell > > Remote Access Card. > > > > After the install is complete the keyboard no longer works. > > > > I can access the machine over SS

Re: Keyboard Issue on Dell 1850/FreeBSD

2006-04-04 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
mike s. cojocea wrote: Hello, folks, I am working to install a FreeBSD 6.0 on a Dell 1850, with Dell Remote Access Card. After the install is complete the keyboard no longer works. I can access the machine over SSH to do debugging. The /var/log/messages did not show any error: %Apr 4 09

Re: Keyboard Issue on Dell 1850/FreeBSD

2006-04-04 Thread Bill Moran
On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:54:21 + "mike s. cojocea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am working to install a FreeBSD 6.0 on a Dell 1850, with Dell Remote > Access Card. > > After the install is complete the keyboard no longer works. > > I can access the machine over SSH to do debugging. The /v

Re: Keyboard / xkbcomp trouble with xorg 6.9

2006-02-19 Thread Tino Boss
Just solved it. Xorg apparently changed some layout-names. So de_CH is now simply ch. A change in xorg.conf and it works again. =) cheers Tino ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: keyboard bug?

2005-09-10 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Lucas Galete wrote: i have a nootebook toshiba satellite a20. i've installed the freebsd 5.4-release with the X and enliigghtenment.. buut sometimes when I press a key, this''s show twice onn screen. (just readind this email you'll seen what's goinng wroonng here! ) i hhave

Re: keyboard bug?

2005-09-09 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 03:38:29PM +, Lucas Galete wrote: > i have a nootebook toshiba satellite a20. i've installed the freebsd > 5.4-release with the X and enliigghtenment.. buut sometimes when I press > a key, this''s show twice onn screen. (just readind this email you'll > seen what's go

Re: Keyboard problems

2005-09-01 Thread Derrill Guilbert
The name you may wish to look in your bios for may be something like "USB Legacy Support". Derrill Yuan Jue wrote: On Thursday 01 September 2005 11:40, you wrote: Have you change your BIOS setting like "enable USB device" to use the usb device when computer boots? If it is disabled, you may

Re: Keyboard problems

2005-09-01 Thread Yuan Jue
On Thursday 01 September 2005 11:40, you wrote: Have you change your BIOS setting like "enable USB device" to use the usb device when computer boots? If it is disabled, you may not use your usb keyboard. I am not sure about it, but my usb keyboard can work when I install FreeBSD after I turn the

Re: keyboard problem X won't start

2005-05-02 Thread Franz Klammer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just upgraded from 5.3 to 5.4 RC3 via sysinstall from a cd.The upgrade was successful however, when I try "startx" I get the following error: (EE) Failed to load module "speedo" (module does not exit,0) (EE) Failed to load module "Keyboard" (module does not exit,0) (EE) N

Re: keyboard problem X won't start

2005-05-02 Thread Subhro
On 5/1/2005 19:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just upgraded from 5.3 to 5.4 RC3 via sysinstall from a cd.The upgrade was successful however, when I try "startx" I get the following error: (EE) Failed to load module "speedo" (module does not exit,0) (EE) Failed to load module "Keyboard" (module does

Re: keyboard problem X won't start

2005-05-02 Thread Toni Schmidbauer
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 10:19:17AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > (EE) Failed to load module "speedo" (module does not exit,0) > (EE) Failed to load module "Keyboard" (module does not exit,0) > (EE) No input driver matching 'Keyboard' > No core keyboard > > Fatal server error: > failed to initi

Re: Keyboard Repeat Rate

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Vilot
> > Hmmm. I'll have to poke around some more . > Perhaps Option "AutoRepeat" can be of help. See kbd(4x) or > keyboard(4x) manual for description. Ah! That was it. Thank you so much ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.

Re: Keyboard Repeat Rate

2005-03-23 Thread Dejan Lesjak
Tom Vilot wrote: >> > If so, put the following in /etc/rc.conf: >> > keyrate="fast" >> >> Okay. I'll try that. > > Well, that didn't work. > > It sets the key repeat rate, but when I start X it goes back to > defaults. At least for the X session. > > I'm guessing there's a configuration somewh

Re: Keyboard Repeat Rate

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Vilot
> > If so, put the following in /etc/rc.conf: > > keyrate="fast" > > Okay. I'll try that. Well, that didn't work. It sets the key repeat rate, but when I start X it goes back to defaults. At least for the X session. I'm guessing there's a configuration somewhere for WindowMaker that is re-setti

Re: Keyboard Repeat Rate

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Vilot
> Do you mean that you have your system set to load X immediately upon > booting, and that you do not set the keyboard repeat rate before then? No, I boot into terminal mode and then log in and then issue startx. What happens for me currently is that I start up x and they key repeat rate is too s

Re: Keyboard Repeat Rate

2005-03-22 Thread Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez
El Mar 22 Mar 2005 08:34, Tom Vilot escribió: > After I start X, I need to switch to a virtual console and log in as > root so that I can issue kbdcontrol -r fast. > > Is there a place I can set this so I don't have to do that anymore? in /etc/rc.conf add the next line keyrate="fast" my rc.conf

Re: Keyboard Repeat Rate

2005-03-22 Thread Christopher Nehren
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-03-22, Tom Vilot scribbled these curious markings: > After I start X, I need to switch to a virtual console and log in as > root so that I can issue kbdcontrol -r fast. Do you mean that you have your system set to load X immediately upon booti

RE: Keyboard question...

2005-03-22 Thread Bomgardner,Jon
> -Original Message- > From: Bomgardner,Jon > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:39 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Keyboard question... > > > > Hello all! > > So, I've run into an interesting snag that I just can't seem to figure > out. > > I've gotten 5.3 up and runn

RE: keyboard problem on laptop.

2005-03-10 Thread Dennis Crowley
it, so I made a bad assumption. Thanks for the help, and again, sorry for the red herring. Dennis. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Nathan Kinkade > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 7:22 AM > To: Dennis Crowley > Cc

Re: keyboard problem on laptop.

2005-03-09 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 05:03:07PM -0800, Dennis Crowley wrote: > Hi yall. > > I've installed FreeBSD on my old Dell Insperion 7500, which I would like > to use as a router (low power) and network analysis tool. > > The problem is that the keyboard driver does not seem to be recognizing > the shi

Re: keyboard problem on laptop.

2005-03-08 Thread Jason Henson
On 03/08/05 20:03:07, Dennis Crowley wrote: Hi yall. I've installed FreeBSD on my old Dell Insperion 7500, which I would like to use as a router (low power) and network analysis tool. The problem is that the keyboard driver does not seem to be recognizing the shift key. Does this sound wierd (i.e.

Re: keyboard and x-win freeze up

2004-12-13 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"T.F. Cheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i am running freebsd 5.3 (x86) on amd64, not sure what > happened, I just found out that my keyboard and > x-window are not responsding to me. login from another > computer from telnet, and look at dmesg, here it is: The dmesg looks okay. Are you havin

Re: keyboard history buffer setting

2004-08-18 Thread Jay O'Brien
Jan Christian Meyer wrote: > If you still need to do shell stuff on startup, slapping > together a script and putting it in rc.d is the way to go. > The man pages of rc explain the works, and include a > template script which you can copy and fill in. Wow! There's a lot there, in man rc. I'll pla

Re: keyboard history buffer setting

2004-08-18 Thread Jan Christian Meyer
It doesn't work for me when placed in rc.conf, with either a direct command or attempting to use allscreens_flags. I run 5.2.1 myself, but if anything I write is incorrect for 4.10 someone will surely correct me shortly. It looks to me like you've been putting your parameter in the wrong string; as

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.

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.cp

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

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 lis

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 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 t

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. ___

Re: Keyboard not responding, Dell PE2650

2003-11-11 Thread Olaf Hoyer
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Russell P. Sutherland wrote: > I have a fairly reproduceable problem with a new Dell PowerEdge 2650: > > After the machine has booted in a headless state (no keyboard > or monitor) and then one inserts a keyboard into either the > front or rear PS/2

Re: Keyboard not responding, Dell PE2650

2003-11-11 Thread Charles Swiger
On Nov 11, 2003, at 9:14 AM, Russell P. Sutherland wrote: I have a fairly reproduceable problem with a new Dell PowerEdge 2650: After the machine has booted in a headless state (no keyboard or monitor) and then one inserts a keyboard into either the front or rear PS/2 pl

Re: Keyboard behaviour in console

2003-10-12 Thread Rob
And read the manpage for syscons(5) - describes virtual terminals and scrollback. - Original Message - From: "Malcolm Kay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Keyboard behaviour in console On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:12, Eric Dillenseger wrote: > Hi, I'd like to get co

Re: Keyboard behaviour in console

2003-10-12 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:12, Eric Dillenseger wrote: > Hi, I'd like to get correct keyboard layout in console. > When I try to use Shift+PgUp/Down it doesn't work. > And is it possible to have 80x50 console? > Under openbsd I'm using wsconsctl but doesn't work on fbsd. Have a look at 'vidcontrol'. I

Re: Keyboard behaviour in console

2003-10-12 Thread Eric Dillenseger
On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 12:42:41PM +0200, Eric Dillenseger wrote: > Hi, I'd like to get correct keyboard layout in console. > When I try to use Shift+PgUp/Down it doesn't work. > And is it possible to have 80x50 console? > Under openbsd I'm using wsconsctl but doesn't work on fbsd. Btw, I'm using a

Re: keyboard probs

2003-06-26 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, K G wrote: > Hello, i recently downloaded and installed freebsd and the only problem i > get is with the keyboard. > > it works fine when i am typing my username, but it will not allow me to > enter anything for a password, even the root password, nothing apears on > screen ju

Re: keyboard doesn't works

2003-02-07 Thread Marcel Stangenberger
> I'm not sure I'm writing on the appropriate mailing > list but I don't know what's the source of my problem. > > I'm using an old computer with AT (pin-5) keyboard. > When I'm using normal AT keyboard everything works > fine. But when I connect modern PS/2 keyboard (SGI > 101-key model) using PS/

Re: keyboard mapping + ACPI/APM

2003-02-03 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 12:06:34AM -0800, La Temperanza wrote: > Hi, I'd like to map one of the Windows keys on my M$ keyboard to the > UNIX Compose key, preferably under both X and console. But the key > doesn't seem to be listed in 'man kbdmap', and I can't find where the > X keyboard mappings ar

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