I’ve got a very strange problem: I just wanted to try out QNX RTP on my new
laptop Asus S8600 (Cel-650, 96 MB RAM, 20GB HD, SMI Lynx graphics, nothing
really special, except no PS/2 connectors for external keyboards). So I
installed
the virtual file system version in a 600 MB
file on my (second) 1.5GB Win98 partition (which lies at the very end of the
physical HD space, in case that matters).
Now I can boot Win98 or QNX via the CONFIG.SYS start menu. QNX does start
indeed, and I can select the start options with the SPACE key. Most of the
time (every third try or so it just hangs, no idea why) it boots to the
Photon login screen and there it ends: I just can’t type, the internal
keyboard doesn’t work at all, while the touchpad does. Not a single key
works. In text mode login it doesn’t work either.
So I played around with the boot options, chose Verbose mode, boot to
console and the (don’t know the true name) error recovery mode where I get
into the console and have to enter “exit” a few times until the real login
appears. Strangely in these error recovery “pre-consoles” the keyboard still
works, but then neither in the Photon nor in the console login.
I do get a few error messages on booting, right at the beginning a few range
check errors which I don’t believe are harmful, but then:
“starting bin/sh
sh: j_init: tcgetpgrp() failed: inappropriate I/O control operation
sh: warning: won’t have full job control
devi-hirun kbd fd -d/dev/kbd os2 kb -2”
The last line obviously initializes the keyboard and in turn is the last
line to appear before any login screen appears (where the keyboard works no
longer).
I found some older post about this matter, but none with a solution.
Any help available?
Thilo
And sorry for the multiple post in different NGs, but ordinary crossposting
with follow up wasn’t allowed
I’ve got a very strange problem: I just wanted to try out QNX RTP on my
new
laptop Asus S8600 (Cel-650, 96 MB RAM, 20GB HD, SMI Lynx graphics, nothing
really special, except no PS/2 connectors for external keyboards). So I
installed
the virtual file system version in a 600 MB
file on my (second) 1.5GB Win98 partition (which lies at the very end of
the
physical HD space, in case that matters).
Now I can boot Win98 or QNX via the CONFIG.SYS start menu. QNX does start
indeed, and I can select the start options with the SPACE key. Most of the
time (every third try or so it just hangs, no idea why) it boots to the
Photon login screen and there it ends: I just can’t type, the internal
keyboard doesn’t work at all, while the touchpad does. Not a single key
works. In text mode login it doesn’t work either.
So I played around with the boot options, chose Verbose mode, boot to
console and the (don’t know the true name) error recovery mode where I get
into the console and have to enter “exit” a few times until the real login
appears. Strangely in these error recovery “pre-consoles” the keyboard
still
works, but then neither in the Photon nor in the console login.
I do get a few error messages on booting, right at the beginning a few
range
check errors which I don’t believe are harmful, but then:
“starting bin/sh
sh: j_init: tcgetpgrp() failed: inappropriate I/O control operation
sh: warning: won’t have full job control
devi-hirun kbd fd -d/dev/kbd os2 kb -2”
The last line obviously initializes the keyboard and in turn is the last
line to appear before any login screen appears (where the keyboard works
no
longer).
I found some older post about this matter, but none with a solution.
Any help available?
Thilo
And sorry for the multiple post in different NGs, but ordinary
crossposting
with follow up wasn’t allowed >
I don’t think the internal keyboard is USB, never heard of such a thing.
And how do I use devu-kdb etc. if I can’t type? Does the DDK install from
Windows?
It seems to be USB keyboard. If this is a case, as a temporary solution
you
can try to use devu-kbd and devu-mouse from Beta USB DDK.
“Thilo” <> thilo-usenet@gmx.de> > wrote in message
news:9ft715$9du$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I’ve got a very strange problem: I just wanted to try out QNX RTP on my
new
laptop Asus S8600 (Cel-650, 96 MB RAM, 20GB HD, SMI Lynx graphics,
nothing
really special, except no PS/2 connectors for external keyboards). So I
installed
the virtual file system version in a 600 MB
file on my (second) 1.5GB Win98 partition (which lies at the very end of
the
physical HD space, in case that matters).
Now I can boot Win98 or QNX via the CONFIG.SYS start menu. QNX does
start
indeed, and I can select the start options with the SPACE key. Most of
the
time (every third try or so it just hangs, no idea why) it boots to the
Photon login screen and there it ends: I just can’t type, the internal
keyboard doesn’t work at all, while the touchpad does. Not a single key
works. In text mode login it doesn’t work either.
So I played around with the boot options, chose Verbose mode, boot to
console and the (don’t know the true name) error recovery mode where I
get
into the console and have to enter “exit” a few times until the real
login
appears. Strangely in these error recovery “pre-consoles” the keyboard
still
works, but then neither in the Photon nor in the console login.
I do get a few error messages on booting, right at the beginning a few
range
check errors which I don’t believe are harmful, but then:
“starting bin/sh
sh: j_init: tcgetpgrp() failed: inappropriate I/O control operation
sh: warning: won’t have full job control
devi-hirun kbd fd -d/dev/kbd os2 kb -2”
The last line obviously initializes the keyboard and in turn is the last
line to appear before any login screen appears (where the keyboard works
no
longer).
I found some older post about this matter, but none with a solution.
Any help available?
Thilo
And sorry for the multiple post in different NGs, but ordinary
crossposting
with follow up wasn’t allowed >
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Sorry, I didn’t read the end of your mail . Very important question now:
which version of RTP are you using now? Please, because you are not able to
work properly in graphic mode, boot without Photon (you can select it as a
boot option) and then type:
use /usr/photon/bin/devi-hirun.
Does you version still uses kb module (it should be in the list of modules
at the use screen), or this is a contemporary version with kbddev and
mousedev modules?
I don’t think the internal keyboard is USB, never heard of such a thing.
And how do I use devu-kdb etc. if I can’t type? Does the DDK install from
Windows?
Thilo
“Alex Chapiro” <> achapiro@qnx.com> > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:9g2bl7$7r3$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
It seems to be USB keyboard. If this is a case, as a temporary solution
you
can try to use devu-kbd and devu-mouse from Beta USB DDK.
“Thilo” <> thilo-usenet@gmx.de> > wrote in message
news:9ft715$9du$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I’ve got a very strange problem: I just wanted to try out QNX RTP on
my
new
laptop Asus S8600 (Cel-650, 96 MB RAM, 20GB HD, SMI Lynx graphics,
nothing
really special, except no PS/2 connectors for external keyboards). So
I
installed
the virtual file system version in a 600 MB
file on my (second) 1.5GB Win98 partition (which lies at the very end
of
the
physical HD space, in case that matters).
Now I can boot Win98 or QNX via the CONFIG.SYS start menu. QNX does
start
indeed, and I can select the start options with the SPACE key. Most of
the
time (every third try or so it just hangs, no idea why) it boots to
the
Photon login screen and there it ends: I just can’t type, the internal
keyboard doesn’t work at all, while the touchpad does. Not a single
key
works. In text mode login it doesn’t work either.
So I played around with the boot options, chose Verbose mode, boot to
console and the (don’t know the true name) error recovery mode where I
get
into the console and have to enter “exit” a few times until the real
login
appears. Strangely in these error recovery “pre-consoles” the keyboard
still
works, but then neither in the Photon nor in the console login.
I do get a few error messages on booting, right at the beginning a few
range
check errors which I don’t believe are harmful, but then:
“starting bin/sh
sh: j_init: tcgetpgrp() failed: inappropriate I/O control operation
sh: warning: won’t have full job control
devi-hirun kbd fd -d/dev/kbd os2 kb -2”
The last line obviously initializes the keyboard and in turn is the
last
line to appear before any login screen appears (where the keyboard
works
no
longer).
I found some older post about this matter, but none with a solution.
Any help available?
Thilo
And sorry for the multiple post in different NGs, but ordinary
crossposting
with follow up wasn’t allowed >
I wanted to try out QNX RTP V6, the one that you can download as
self-installable Windows Executable.
And as I wrote in my first posting, booting to console doesn’t help because
I can’t type there either
The only place where the keyboard works is when I use the error recovery
mode.I’ll try your command there. Sorry, I’m not really helpful, I usually
don’t use LInux, Unix or anything the like, I’m just playing around with
some alternative OSses, ie QNX and BeOS. Both worked fine on my previous
laptop (Sony VAIO 505) but don’t on the Asus because of its more recent, but
less standard hardware.
Sorry, I didn’t read the end of your mail . Very important question now:
which version of RTP are you using now? Please, because you are not able
to
work properly in graphic mode, boot without Photon (you can select it as a
boot option) and then type:
use /usr/photon/bin/devi-hirun.
Does you version still uses kb module (it should be in the list of modules
at the use screen), or this is a contemporary version with kbddev and
mousedev modules?
I don’t think the internal keyboard is USB, never heard of such a thing.
And how do I use devu-kdb etc. if I can’t type? Does the DDK install
from
Windows?
Thilo
“Alex Chapiro” <> achapiro@qnx.com> > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:9g2bl7$7r3$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
It seems to be USB keyboard. If this is a case, as a temporary
solution
you
can try to use devu-kbd and devu-mouse from Beta USB DDK.
“Thilo” <> thilo-usenet@gmx.de> > wrote in message
news:9ft715$9du$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I’ve got a very strange problem: I just wanted to try out QNX RTP on
my
new
laptop Asus S8600 (Cel-650, 96 MB RAM, 20GB HD, SMI Lynx graphics,
nothing
really special, except no PS/2 connectors for external keyboards).
So
I
installed
the virtual file system version in a 600 MB
file on my (second) 1.5GB Win98 partition (which lies at the very
end
of
the
physical HD space, in case that matters).
Now I can boot Win98 or QNX via the CONFIG.SYS start menu. QNX does
start
indeed, and I can select the start options with the SPACE key. Most
of
the
time (every third try or so it just hangs, no idea why) it boots to
the
Photon login screen and there it ends: I just can’t type, the
internal
keyboard doesn’t work at all, while the touchpad does. Not a single
key
works. In text mode login it doesn’t work either.
So I played around with the boot options, chose Verbose mode, boot
to
console and the (don’t know the true name) error recovery mode where
I
get
into the console and have to enter “exit” a few times until the real
login
appears. Strangely in these error recovery “pre-consoles” the
keyboard
still
works, but then neither in the Photon nor in the console login.
I do get a few error messages on booting, right at the beginning a
few
range
check errors which I don’t believe are harmful, but then:
“starting bin/sh
sh: j_init: tcgetpgrp() failed: inappropriate I/O control operation
sh: warning: won’t have full job control
devi-hirun kbd fd -d/dev/kbd os2 kb -2”
The last line obviously initializes the keyboard and in turn is the
last
line to appear before any login screen appears (where the keyboard
works
no
longer).
I found some older post about this matter, but none with a solution.
Any help available?
Thilo
And sorry for the multiple post in different NGs, but ordinary
crossposting
with follow up wasn’t allowed >
