Re: PowerBook 5,8 and keyboards

[Michael <macallan%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Aug 17, 2009, at 2:26 PM, netbsd%pckswarms.ch@localhost wrote:

> I'll try with firewire once the powerbook mouse problem is sorted.
> It's possible that the firewire doesn't work, since, it would
> be odd that the oldest and newest PPC powerbooks don't work, and
> the middle ones do.

Indeed. My GigE G4 should have a fairly early firewire chip as well -  
it never caused any trouble though.

> Thanks for the DDB command.  I'll build a kernel tonight and
> try it.  I tried OpenBSD on the 15" g4 and it didn't even boot
> the install kernel.  Sadly it powered off so I couldn't see which
> device was failing.

I bet it's ADB-related. The PowerBook PMUs are /very/ picky about  
commands they don't understand, if you try to issue /any/ ADB command  
on a PowerBook PMU which doesn't have an ADB bus it will power down.  
No such thing with the PMUs used in desktop machines like the PowerMac  
G4 series.

> Linux doesn't work with the built in track pad either.

Unfortunately I don't have the hardware - it should be easy to find  
out who wrote the driver though.

have fun
Michael

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