From: Jeffrey Comstock jrc@brainiac.mn.org
Subject: Locked keyboard with new pcdist
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 00:37:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19951121053739.VbcLPZ3OoAXYru05PuziCUqaHrZEmwL4BiJ0JSMh1HU@z> (raw)
hornbac@gate.NET (Cecil Hornbaker) wrote:
>
> I've checked the FAQ and browsed the newsgroup and didn't find
> anything about keyboard problems. I got the pcdist version
> from 11/14/95 (and the updated to 11/15/95). When I boot the
> floppy for installation it gets to the Configuration &
> Installation window but the keyboard is locked such that power
> has to be cycled to clear it.
>
> I got the .orig version from pcdist and it installs fine.
>
> Any clues?
I am having the same problem. I have a Suntouch 101 keyboard. It
isn't one of those really cheap ones either. I put an old keyboard
in, a Northgate Omnikey 102 and it acts differently, but still does
not completely work. I found out that depressing Num Lock during
different times during the boot process changes it's behavior.
Basically it appears that the system is hung. The initial menu
comes up with a selection of two partitions to install the 1.44 meg
part of plan9 onto, but cursor down, tab, any key at all does not
do anything. If I turn off Num Lock right after it starts loading,
I can press the cursor down key, then it waits about five seconds
and goes to another menu selection, but stops there.
If someone at AT&T fixes this, please post here. I was going to
buy a new computer to get around the problem, but buying a new
keyboard would be much more cost effective :-)
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1995-11-21 5:37 Jeffrey [this message]
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1995-11-16 12:37 Cecil
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