Why my ACER keyboard is unusable when I install freebsd?
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Why my ACER keyboard is unusable when I install freebsd?
After I boot my machin from the CD1 of freebsd 5.2.1, I find that my ACER keyboard is unusable.
I can't even light the NumLock!!
Why? Somebody said that ACER keyboard is not compatibl with freebsd. Is that true?
That's a very weird problem you got up there . Well, I also have a weird problem with BSD. I use a data transfer switch, so I can share mouse, keyboard and monitor with different computers. All works fine, but if I switch from BSD to another machine and them come back to BSD, the mouse is dead and I've to reboot BSD ...
Originally posted by Megaman X That's a very weird problem you got up there . Well, I also have a weird problem with BSD. I use a data transfer switch, so I can share mouse, keyboard and monitor with different computers. All works fine, but if I switch from BSD to another machine and them come back to BSD, the mouse is dead and I've to reboot BSD ...
If it's not a kvm, but a passive model (old skool type) then that could be the problem. The kvm's keep a constant connection to the ports so it knows there is a keyboard/mouse/monitor attached. The old skool ones act just as if you unplug the mouse/key/monitor from one computer and plug it into the other and that will sometimes drop the mouse / keyboard / monitor connection.
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. Well, I also have a weird problem with BSD. I use a data transfer switch, so I can share mouse, keyboard and monitor with different computers. All works fine, but if I switch from BSD to another machine and them come back to BSD, the mouse is dead and I've to reboot BSD 
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