From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 16 03:25:42 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2111106564A for ; Mon, 16 May 2011 03:25:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A67B18FC0A for ; Mon, 16 May 2011 03:25:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5AEB709 for ; Sun, 15 May 2011 23:25:41 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 23:25:41 -0400 From: Daniel Staal To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4dd09401.Qf5DE46mpnXg4G2w%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <117637.44743.qm@web111903.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <20110515103646.7558ddb2.freebsd@edvax.de> <4dd09401.Qf5DE46mpnXg4G2w%perryh@pluto.rain.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: No keyboard after ports update, 2x moused_enable="YES" culprit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 03:25:42 -0000 --As of May 15, 2011 8:03:29 PM -0700, perryh@pluto.rain.com is alleged to have said: > The AT and PS/2 keyboard interfaces are electrically identical -- > only the physical connector is different. (I have seen, and used, > adapters to connect either type of keyboard to the other type of > system. Such adapters have no active components, just the two > connectors wired together.) --As for the rest, it is mine. The physical connector is all that actually needs to be different: Hot-swap interfaces make a point of connecting ground before power, usually be longer ground pins. Although I don't think it matters in this case. I could check, but I'd have to unplug my keyboard from the computer I'm on. ;) Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------