You _really_ want to just plug in the keyboard, and the mouse into the
keyboard, and disconnect evrything else. I have the same if I have either
any other device plugged in _or_ go through the hub in the cinematic
screen. Either way, total hangs. 

Dw

On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Isobel wrote:

> Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@zembu.com>  kakimashita :
> 
> > On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Isobel wrote:
> > 
> >> Hello,
> >> 
> >> I have a G4/AGP/Sawtooth with the ATI128 video card.
> >> I would like to install netBSD on my computer to see what it is (!).
> >> To do this, I have bought a ATA/66 hard-drive. (ATABus 2, number 1 is what
> >> `Drive Setup' tells me (a MacOS tool...)
> >> But I'm having trouble with the installation...
> >> Of course, floppy-booting is not possible, so I tried a ZIP-booting :
> >> I put `ofwboot.elf', `netbsd', `netbsd.md' and `boot.fs' on a HFS zip disk
> >> (100 Mo). Then I reboot to OpenFirmware.
> >> At the `0 >' prompt I type
> >> 
> >> boot zip:ofwboot.elf
> >> 
> >> It is OK, it starts and then, at the `Boot :' prompt, I type
> >> 
> >> zip:boot.fs
> > 
> > That works (you get a kernel to boot, which you do)? I'd have expected
> > zip:netbsd to be the thing to do. Oh well.
> > 
> >> Then the screen changes (still black letters on white background, but the
> >> font is much bigger). Here is what I read :
> >> 
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> // blahblah genre Copright California ©1515-2786.
> >> // ...
> >> CPU 7400 (revision 207)
> >> total mem : 128
> >> available mem : 111
> >> using 1664 /*comme la biere*/ buffer containing 6656 Kb of memory
> > 
> > Vous avez la version NetBSD "boisson"? :-)
> > 
> >> mainbus0 (root)
> >> CPU at mainbus0 : 1Mb backside cache
> >> md0 : internal 2048K iamge area
> >> bootdevice : unknown
> >> root filesystem type : ffs
> >> panic: cnopen : cn_tab->cn_dev == NODEV // seems to be the key-moment...
> > 
> > Our support for console devices is a bit sketchy on these machines.
> > Obviously what we are doing is wrong here. :-( But it's not the video
> > card, it's our lack of understanding about the keyboard hookup.
> > 
> >> syncing disks... done
> >> dumpsys: TBD
> >> rebooting
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> 
> >> the the screens changes to a MacOS one, showinf an MacOS icon in a little
> >> box in the middle of the screen, and, under it, the MacOS boot-device e.g.
> >> 
> >> /pci@f2000000/pci-bridge@d/mac-io@7/ata-4@1f000/@0:9,\\:tbxi
> > 
> > Since NetBSD failed to boot, OF switched to MacOS.
> > 
> >> Here we are, I don't know what to do here. A friend (working on the
> >> amiga-port) tells me this may be due to the ATI 128 video card, not
> >> recognize, but he is not sure because of the police change when NetBSD boot.
> > 
> > Je ne sais pas comment t'aider. Hopefully someone else here can help
> > you. The problem is in how we test for which keyboard is the console, and
> > I don't know what to do. :-)
> > 
> > Take care,
> > 
> > Bill
> 
> Thank you for your interrest in the problem.
> So it seems, the kernel cannot find a way to read the USB keyboard ?
> I have read somewhere (in the kernel sources I think) that this was due to
> both USB plugs being wired to one, is that so ? Does the problem comes from
> here ?
> 
> Does that mean that nobody has ever intalled NetBSD on a G4 or blue G3 or
> iMac machine ??
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Samuel Hornus.
> 
> PS : yes my computer loves beer :-) Perhaps it is why it does not understand
> the kernel instructions ! and yes, you got it : i'm french (student).
> 
> --
> Isobel.
> 
> N'étaient leurs cris
> On ne les verrait pas, les hérons blancs
> Matin de neige                           (Chiyo-ni)
> 
>