[EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: >> Dear users, I found this USB controller available -=20 >> http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/peripherals/usb/vt6212/ - and it's >> really cheap (less than US$ 10,00), so I'm planning buy this one and >> test OpenSolaris with it. >> >> The "problem" is that I have an old Pentium II and its motherboard do >> not have any USB port. OpenSolaris boots up, but when I have to choose >> the language, the keyboard is not available. >> >> And here goes the question, does anyone know if this controller (with >> the Via chipset) works fine with OpenSolaris? > > > It works but it isn't one of the best; I bought a similar VIA controller > in order to add a Scroll Mouse to my Ultra 10. We needed to port > the uhci driver to SPARC but after doing that, it worked fine for > mice. > > There were some issues with USB 2.0 support and flash drives. > > You can use it for your keyboard BUT only after Solaris has loaded the > USB keyboard driver. > > Casper >
Ok, I think I could get it as a positive answer! :) Right now, I am not in front of this computer, but I remember (and I'm almost sure) that OpenSolaris asks me for a language after it loaded the USB driver. Let's try this option and see what happens! Greetings. -- Miguel Da Silva Unidad de Recursos Informáticos Facultad de Ingeniería - http://www.fing.edu.uy Universidad de la República - http://www.rau.edu.uy _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
