Re: NetBSD installation doesn't like keyboard

All,

On 14 August 2011 14:45, Alex Carver <[email protected]> wrote:
> Has anyone ever experienced the NetBSD installation screens accepting what seems to be two keypresses from console when only one is made?
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> In this case, if I press return (Type4 or Type5 keyboard), it moves to a submenu but then somehow assumes I've pressed enter again.  This happens at the first Install menu (menu choice A to install NetBSD from scratch).  It goes to the next screen which asks "are you sure" but "No" is highlighted.  Suddenly it jumps back to the main menu again as if I answered "no".  Some menus don't do this.  The reinstall option doesn't do it but the distrubtion sets underneath do.
>
> I'm not sure why it's behaving this way but it's certainly making it hard to install.

Yes. Had this a couple of times with NetBSD using a VT series terminal
on a SS20. Always figures it was just me and I had a debounce issue on
my keyboard as the problem never seemed consistent.

Simon

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