Unless the system entered KDL by itself, you can normally do that by invoking the keyboard shortcut Alt-SysReq-D. Note that in KDL your keyboard may not work. PS/2 keyboards always do, USB keyboards ...

This report covers hrev58043 through hrev58187. We’re now back to development “as usual” after the release of R1/beta5 (though some of the changes in this report did make it in to the release itself.) ...

Haiku's Boot Loader Options can help when you experience hardware related problems or want to choose which Haiku installation to start, if you have more than one (maybe on an installation CD or USB ...

Haiku also supports booting via the traditional BIOS boot system. See the regular install instructions if your hardware requires a BIOS boot process. Use the instructions on this page should your ...

Below you will find documentation on the Application Programming Interface (API) of the Haiku operating system. This API describes the internals of the operating system allowing developers to write ...

This document explains the artistic subtleties of Haiku icons. If it leaves something unclear to you, that is, what rules to follow when designing an icon for the Haiku operating system, please bring ...

Welcome to the Haiku installation guide! This document will help you install Haiku on your computer, guiding you through the Haiku installation one step at a time. Depending on your hardware ...

Here's a list of sites providing 3rd party software for Haiku. Some offer a direct download of HPKG packages or zip archives, others have a repository which you can add to Haiku with the "Repositories ...

Building Haiku from sources is a surprisingly simple process which allows developers to get started quickly developing on Haiku and allowing end users to experiment with the latest Haiku sources.

This paper presents the implementation of system calls in haiku, and especially on x86 systems. The system call mechanism is what allows user land code to communicate with kernel land code. The whole ...

Using a USB flash drive is one of the best ways to install Haiku. It is also the only way to really try and enjoy all the features of Haiku without touching your hard drives. The Haiku live CD is ...

The kernel exports a number of functions that device drivers can call. The device driver accesses these functions directly in the kernel, not through a library. Remember, when writing a driver that ...