Hello
I owe you a big hug. I was almost going to drop 5.3 because since first beta
I had this problem and no answer. I just rebooted and worked perfectly
I appreciate the tip

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Sent: November 7, 2004 8:36 PM
To: eodyna
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Subject: Re: 5.3RC2 and usb keyboards install problems

Hey when the machine boots and you see the demon logo hit 6 and enter 'set
hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1"' 

* eodyna ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi there,
>  
> Work recently purchased a Dell gx280. I orignally installed 5.2.1 and had
problems with drivers. It was kindly mentioned that i should install 5.3 to
help with these problems. I was also informed about problems with usb
keyboards on boot/startup.
>  
> Ive tried to have a look on google and couldn't come up with any
solutions. I have tried to install 5.3 (from cd) however, sysinstall doesn't
respond at all, on any of the options i choose to boot from. The BIOS
doesn't have an option for keyboard for me to make changes. dmesg output
before the sysinstall screen says "atkdb0 [GIANT-LOCKED]".
>  
> I dont know how to set " set hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1"" if i cant access
the keyboard, and the OS isn't installed for me to make any changes.
>  
> apologies for my ignorance and confusion.
>  
> if someone can point me in the right direction and or help me, id be very
grateful.
>  
> thank-you in advance.
>  
> ams
> 
> 
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