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[David Leimbach]

On Jun 26, 2005, at 1:22 PM, Andreas Tobler wrote:

> David Leimbach wrote:
>
>> Nathan,
>> Thanks but mine is not one of these :).
>> I still have ADB [not ADC] :).
>> In fact I tried to plug my usb keyboard into my laptop to use  
>> that  and it was not
>> properly initialized it seems [the 6.0 SNAP for FreeBSD image was   
>> what I used]
>>
>
> The Albooks have usb kbd, but the internal kbd is handled over adb  
> driver.
> I have my albook with external USB kbd running, or ssh ;) In the  
> known issue sections it says that you might have to set :
> OK set hint.pcib.1.skipslot=26

That worked for me just fine.  The internal keyboard and trackpad are  
ADB connected.  The newer model Albooks are usb through and through.

>
> I do not have to set this, but maybe I'm just lucky. Also, I run my  
> book with cvs kernel and cvs src.
>

I have internal bluetooth and have to use that magic to boot.

Also setting:

set hw.syscons.disable=1 causes a kernel panic [with an uptime of 1  
second!!! :)]

> Did you take the snap from Peter ? If so, there is a little pci  
> issue not included there. An issue which makes my Titanium (the  
> second machine) unusable with external kbd. See http:// 
> lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-src/2005-May/046972.html
>

Didn't see that.  I got the 6.0 snapshot referenced from the wiki and  
my external keyboard works great... but only if I set that pci  
skipping thingy :)

> Andreas
>