Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:52:25 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc <leblanc+freebsd@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: No keyboard at boottime prevents use of keyboard later! Message-ID: <20010725115223.E13342@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10107250708320.8170-100000@tardis.nu> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10107250708320.8170-100000@tardis.nu>
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Russel Lahti solved this problem for me on 7/20: > In your kernel configuration, there is a line: > > device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1 > > Change it to this: > > device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 > > That fixed the problem for me. > > -Russell Do this in your kernel config and rebuild your kernel. Problem solved. Lou On 07/25/01 07:20 AM, David Simmons sat at the `puter and typed: > > If a keyboard is not present when FreeBSD boots, a keyboard > cannot be plugged in later and used. This is a real nuisance > in a server environment where machines need to run headless, > but also need to be keyboardable when a keyboard/video cart > is wheeled over to examine the machine. > > I'm guessing that the OS is defaulting to using the serial > port as a console, preventing the use of the keyboard as > a console. I don't know how to disable this behavior. > > I realize that a serial console scheme would be cleaner > overall, and I'm planning such a scheme, but it would be nice > in the meantime to not have to power cycle machines that > become unreachable on the network. > > I'm using 4.3-STABLE. Thanks for any assistance. > > David > > -- > David Simmons > Waltham, Massachusetts, USA > "Today is a fine day for science!" -- Dexter > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@acadia.ne.mediaone.net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://acadia.ne.mediaone.net ԿԬ Fifth Law of Applied Terror: If you are given an open-book exam, you will forget your book. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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