I recently posted a query on the peripheral hardware forum about a problem I was having with a Cherry G84-4100 USB keyboard that would not work on my desktop PC but would work on other computers, including my laptop which has same version of FreeBSD on it. The thread can be found here:
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=28503 The final reply, from wblock, was that the problem was a USB one and should be posted here. In fact, I decided to leave it and just use another keyboard. However, Santa kindly brought me a Cherry G80-3000 for christmas and this does nor work either; exactly the same problem occurs with the device not recognised. These are quite expensive keyboards: not at DAS or Filco prices but retailing for over £60 in UK and using expensive Cherry switches, so not some bit of cheap junk that might not cause all that much surprise by not working. They are also quite popular so it's hard to believe I'm the only person using one. I have got it to work by connecting it to the PS/2 port via an adaptor so it's not the end of the world. However, these are unlikely to be supported for much longer so it would be better if it would work via USB port. As I said in the original forum posting, every other USB keyboard I have tried has worked, both from boot and hot plugged. This is the only time I have ever used a PS/2 connection. I can only assume it is something to do with whatever controller Cherry use within the keyboards. Is there any way I can solve this problem? O/S is FreeBSD 9.0 RC1 amd64. (I would leave this till running the final production version except that the other Cherry keyboard would work with the laptop running exact same O/S). In case it matters, the motherboard is a Abit - not sure of exact model but it is 2 or 3 years old. Thanks Paul _______________________________________________ freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-usb-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
