Will FreeBSD *EVER* support Hp Pavillion laptops?

[wrangled]

I guess the atkbd command is why keyboard does not work. I am using a 
USB one to do the install.

Will I have to always use the atkbd?  Or only during the install?

I am wondering if I will have to always use a USB keyboard on my laptop. :-(


thx!


Astrodog wrote:

>On 12/3/05, wrangled <wrangled at verizon.net> wrote:
>  
>
>>I forgot to mention, it hangs on the "spinning ASCII bar" that starts
>>immediately after I enter "boot" on a custom install (option #6).
>>
>>When I do a Verbose boot, it hangs after the first message displayed,
>>which is: "/boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=..."
>>
>>
>>
>>    
>>
>
>Alright. It seems every Compaq/HP notebook takes its own set of
>patches, but that once you find where its breaking they aren't THAT
>complicated to get working. Try this, in the boot loader:
>
>set hint.atkbd.0.disabled="1"
>set hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
>
>It might be the same bit of brain damage my Compaq had.
>
>
>  
>