USB Keyboard questions

Doug White dwhite at gumbysoft.com
Tue Oct 21 10:22:23 PDT 2003


On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Peter wrote:

> 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 bet "BIOS support" is the right option.

> 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.

What kind of usb controller is it? ohci?  Also, the Macintosh forums have
been complaining about the poor quality of most USB hubs and the problems
they cause with printers, etc.  Its too bad since hubs should be really
easy to build.

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