Re: SPARC64: Configuration offers keyboards that don't make sense

[Horst von Brand]

Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-10-28 17:09:31 -0300, Horst von Brand <vonbrand@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On my Sun I get the following offers:
> > 
> >    AT Keyboard
> >    Sun types 4 and 5
> >    DECstation LK201/LK401
> >    XT keyboard
> >    Newton keyboard
> > 
> > Unless I am very mistaken, only the second one applies?
> 
> Well, the LK[24]01 was used by DECstations and VAXstations (as well as
> some VT terminals), you can use it with a simple adaptor on any
> machine that has a RS232 serial port. For example, I'm using such a
> keyboard on my Athlon-based PeeCee.

Does it need some kind of "serial keyboard configuration"? Wouldn't that
make more sense?

> > Also, configuring this one gives a non-functional keyboard (the machine is
> > running, I can log in over SSH, but keypresses have no effect at all).

> Did the serial port register serio ports?

How can I find this out?
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