some questions

[Peter Grehan]

Hi Denis,

> I have a 15" AlBook and installed freebsd with peters instructions
> from install.html. That all works fine. Sometimes it freezes but
> I heard others have that problem too.

  Ah, I believe the freeze should be fixed now!

> I build a new world and a new kernel from -CURRENT.
> All that went fine. But the new kernel falls in the kdb
> when I try to start it with hw.syscons.disable=1.
 >
> How can I fix that?

  I noticed that for the first time yesterday when installing on
the 366 iBook :-(  I'll look into it.

> The other thing is the USB keyboard. I read here that I can
> use an usb keyboard instead. But how do I configure that?
> (I can see the attach and detach msgs from the console).

  There isn't any config required; ukbd is in the GENERIC kernel,
and should attach itself to syscons when probed.

ohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb0: OHCI version 1.0
usb0: <Apple KeyLargo USB controller> on ohci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: Apple OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub1: Mitsumi Electric Hub in Apple Extended USB Keyboard, class 9/0, 
rev 1.10/1.22, addr 2

  Also, make sure you have the 'ttyv' lines in your /etc/ttys file:

#
ttyv0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
# Virtual terminals
ttyv1   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
ttyv2   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
ttyv3   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
ttyv4   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
  ...

later,

Peter.