Re: Bad Keyboard Mapping


Subject: Re: Bad Keyboard Mapping
From: Rob Brandt (rbrandt@sbdsl.com)
Date: Thu Jun 14 2001 - 15:10:48 MDT


Fantastic! Just the answer I'm looking for. I'll contact him too to
make sure we're all on the same page.

Rob

> > 1) The keyboard mapping is all screwed up. I don't know how to fix
>> this; remember I'm a Newbie. I'm using a genuine Apple extended
>> keyboard connected through the ADB port. I don't know which keyboard
>> YDL *thinks* I'm using, but I have determined that the "8" character
>> on my keyboard triggers an "Enter", FHIW. How do I fix this?
>
>Whomever compiled your NuBUS kernel needs to enable the new
>input layer and linux keycodes.
>
>> 2) The installer sees the original internal Apple CD-Rom, but could
>> not mount the installer CD. I disconnected it and attached an old
>> external cd drive and it worked, but I need the external elsewhere so
>> that's not a long term solution. How do I resolve the CD problem?
>
>Again, probably a kernel support issue.
>
>> Any help, tips, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I
>> promise I will document my success and post it for others to follow -
>> you can all resurrect your nubus doorstops and put them to use.
>
>I'll send Takashi our default kernel config file so he can build
>a nice NuBus + YDL 2.0 kernel.
>
>
>Regards,
>Dan Burcaw
>Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.



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