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Re: ukbd in i386

On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Peter J. Schroeder wrote:

> Do anyone know the status of the ukbd driver?  I am trying to set up a
> HP Pavillion 6545C with a MS Natural Pro USB keyboard and MS USB
> Intellimouse on the latest 2.8 source.  The keyboard works fine until
> I enable USB support in the kernel.  Then, the mouse will work (with
> X), but the USB keyboard doesn't (a regular PS/2 keyboard works just
> fine).  I searched around and found this message

USB keyboards do not work on the i386 platform as of yet. The reason it
works for you before enabling USB is that your BIOS emulates a regular
PS/2 keyboard. As soon as you enable USB, the BIOS notices the OS touching
the device, and automatically stops the legacy keyboard emulation.

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Aaron Campbell (aaron@monkey.org || aaron@openbsd.org)
http://www.biodome.org/~fx