Re: BTX issue, and general report on SMP issues...

2001-11-19 Thread Jim Bryant
John Baldwin wrote: > On 19-Nov-01 Jim Bryant wrote: > >>anyhow, now that this is working, i'm kinda pissed to have lost use of my >>mouse wheel. apparently the keyboard was made before >>wheels became popular. >> >>anyone know a good usb keyboard with a ps/2 mouse port built-in that will >>tr

Re: BTX issue, and general report on SMP issues...

2001-11-19 Thread John Baldwin
On 19-Nov-01 Jim Bryant wrote: > anyhow, now that this is working, i'm kinda pissed to have lost use of my > mouse wheel. apparently the keyboard was made before > wheels became popular. > > anyone know a good usb keyboard with a ps/2 mouse port built-in that will > translate the wheel on the

Re: BTX issue, and general report on SMP issues...

2001-11-19 Thread Jim Bryant
John Baldwin wrote: > On 18-Nov-01 Jim Bryant wrote: > >>John Baldwin wrote: >> >> >>>On 16-Nov-01 Jim Bryant wrote: >>> >>> It's not the BIOS failing it... The BTX bootstrap loader V 1.00 detects the keyboard, and refuses to proceed without it. >>>Err, no. BTX cares

Re: BTX issue, and general report on SMP issues...

2001-11-19 Thread John Baldwin
On 18-Nov-01 Jim Bryant wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: > >> On 16-Nov-01 Jim Bryant wrote: >> >>>It's not the BIOS failing it... >>> >>>The BTX bootstrap loader V 1.00 detects the keyboard, and refuses to proceed >>>without it. >>> >> >> Err, no. BTX cares zero, zilch, nada about keyboards. Ca

Re: BTX issue, and general report on SMP issues...

2001-11-18 Thread Jim Bryant
John Baldwin wrote: > On 16-Nov-01 Jim Bryant wrote: > >>It's not the BIOS failing it... >> >>The BTX bootstrap loader V 1.00 detects the keyboard, and refuses to proceed >>without it. >> > > Err, no. BTX cares zero, zilch, nada about keyboards. Can you please provide > the error message you

Re: BTX issue, and general report on SMP issues...

2001-11-16 Thread Mike Smith
> It's not the BIOS failing it... > > The BTX bootstrap loader V 1.00 detects the keyboard, and refuses to proceed > without it. The BTX loader does not detect or care about the keyboard at all. You have another problem, and you need to supply more details before we can be of any more assistan

Re: BTX issue, and general report on SMP issues...

2001-11-16 Thread John Baldwin
On 16-Nov-01 Jim Bryant wrote: > It's not the BIOS failing it... > > The BTX bootstrap loader V 1.00 detects the keyboard, and refuses to proceed > without it. Err, no. BTX cares zero, zilch, nada about keyboards. Can you please provide the error message you get? -- John Baldwin <[EMAIL PR

Re: BTX issue, and general report on SMP issues...

2001-11-16 Thread Jim Bryant
It's not the BIOS failing it... The BTX bootstrap loader V 1.00 detects the keyboard, and refuses to proceed without it. Chris Dempsey wrote: > Try changing the BIOS options regarding failing on all > errors. After changing my Tyan Thunder K7 to not fail > on keyboard failures, it was able to

RE: BTX issue, and general report on SMP issues...

2001-11-15 Thread Chris Dempsey
Try changing the BIOS options regarding failing on all errors. After changing my Tyan Thunder K7 to not fail on keyboard failures, it was able to boot fine. Also, if you intend to use a USB keyboard permanently, you may wish to comment out atkbdc from your kernel configuration file. This will m

RE: BTX issue, and general report on SMP issues...

2001-11-15 Thread John Baldwin
On 15-Nov-01 Jim Bryant wrote: > I am in the process of switching to a USB keyboard with a PS/2 to USB mouse > port on the KB [freeing IRQ 12]. > > The keyboard works, the mouse works. > > My problem here is in getting past the BTX loader WITHOUT the AT keyboard > attached. How would I keep BT

BTX issue, and general report on SMP issues...

2001-11-15 Thread Jim Bryant
I am in the process of switching to a USB keyboard with a PS/2 to USB mouse port on the KB [freeing IRQ 12]. The keyboard works, the mouse works. My problem here is in getting past the BTX loader WITHOUT the AT keyboard attached. How would I keep BTX from freezing when it can't see the AT ke