Re: USB Keyboard questions

Doesnt look like my Abit KD7 has a legacy support, I can choose BIOS
support or OS support for the USB keyboard and mouse. The keyboard
works perfectly under winxp and under win200. I dont see the behavior
with the letters there and this is using the standard drivers for a
HID keyboard as win2000 finds it.

I had the keyboard pluged into a USB hub, when I moved it to a USB2
port I didnt experiense the behavior with the letters, but I was still
unable to to use the keyboard to install the keyboard using the USB
ports. When I use the USB -> PS/2 converter that came with the
keyboard it works though.

So I think the letter problem was due to my CNet USB 4 way hub. And I
dont know why am unable to use the keyboard pluged into the USB port
when I install FreeBSD 5.1 but it works when I install FreeBSD 4.8.

Thanks for the help and comments on this. :)

Peter
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andre Guibert de Bruet" <andy_at_siliconlandmark.com>
To: "Peter" <freebsd_at_psam.se>
Cc: <freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 5:58 AM
Subject: Re: USB Keyboard questions


>
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Peter wrote:
>
> > I have been reading that page and I have the keyboard working, but
I
> > fail to see how this will help a user that only has a USB Keyboard
> > that wants to use FreeBSD5.1 and is unable to install it due to
the
> > lack of USB support from the start.
>
> Some BIOSes offer a "USB legacy support" option which allows the use
of a
> usb keyboard as if it were a PS2 keyboard during system startup.
>
> > And I still would like to know if its my keyboard that is out of
sync
> > with the USB spec since it will add letters when I write like .
> > "This should read like this" but can end up like "Thisi should
reaed
> > likek this"
>
> Does this keyboard exhibit the same behavior when it's plugged into
a
> Windows machine? It's a little early to speculate what the issue
could be,
> as there are a number of links in this chain but it's very possible
that
> you simply have a wonky keyboard on your hands.
>
> Regards,
>
> > Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant >
> > Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/    >
>