Subject: Re: 1.4.1, USB stuff, kernel compiling, X weirdness
To: None <kasow@panix.com>
From: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 09/07/1999 23:24:43
kasow@panix.com wrote:

>       USB weirdness: If I boot a kernel normally and get to the login
> prompt, I have to hit left shift or I get repeating characters- this
> is documented in the FAQ.  If I boot with -a, and the kernel prompts
> me for what device to use for root, left shift doesn't work- i don't
> see anything. A consistent workaround has been to hold down a key
> (i've used n) during the boot sequence- for some reason, then I can
> type 'wd0a' in, and I'm fine. When I get to the login prompt, I then
> don't have to do the left-shift thing.

I would be very intested to hear if thos problem persists in current.  I've
fixed some bugs in the USB code that might have been the cause of this
problem.  So is anyone out there running current on a macppc with USB?

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        -- Lennart