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From: james@parody.tecc.co.uk (James Raynard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Keyboard probs with 2.1 kernel, help!
Date: 17 Dec 1995 01:21:21 -0000
Organization: A FreeBSD box
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In article <4av28i$lb9@swen.emba.uvm.edu>,
Todd Huss <huss@emba-news.uvm.edu> wrote:
>
>Anyhow after installing I went to recompile my own kernel and just 
>changed the GENERIC config around to get rid of devices that I don't 
>have. After that I compile, install, and reboot and it boots just fine, 
>however, when I get to the login prompt my keyboard is dead. I can't type 
>anything. If I reboot with the generic kernel it works fine, but when I 
>try and use mine nothing works. Any help or suggestions would be greatly 
>appreciated!

It's a bit difficult without seeing your new config file. I suspect that
you've removed either npx0 or COMPAT_43 without realising they're
essential (which they are, even though it doesn't actually say so!)

James
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