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

[Horst von Brand]

Ben Collins <bcollins@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 05:09:31PM -0300, Horst von Brand 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?

> I used to have an UltraSPARC clone that needed the AT Keyboard. So, no, it's
> not a mistake.

OK, sounds reasonable given the "PCs with SPARC CPU" that Sun made lately.

> > 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).

> As far as your issue with the keyboard not working, did you enable
> everything, like USB?

No I did not.

>                       What sort of ultrasparc is it?

An Ultra 1 (yes, I know it is old and klunky, but I kind of like it...).
That is why I did not configure USB or PCI (they just aren't available).
Should that make a difference?
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