Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:31:31 +0200 From: Oliver Fuchs <oliverfuchs@onlinehome.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no keyboard after boot Message-ID: <20040813063131.GA2636@oliverfuchs.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.10.10408121048200.9761-100000@pdx-s02.navi.net> References: <Pine.BSI.4.10.10408121048200.9761-100000@pdx-s02.navi.net>
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On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Alex Melkomukov wrote: > Hello All, > > I have a strange situation where the PS/2 keyboard stops working after > booting to FreeBSD. There is no mouse. > > It works fine during POST, I can navigate and set BIOS settings, and can > even hit the 'enter' key to start booting FreeBSD immediately, but once > the machine starts booting the OS, the lights on the keyboard flash, then > go away, no more keyboard. > > > running OS is FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE > > > I don't see anything in the kernel config file that would disable the > keyboard, and this is what I see in dmesg: > > > atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 > atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0 > device_probe_and_attach: atkbd0 attach returned 6 > > > I have not been succesfull in finding any documentation that covers what > > > device_probe_and_attach: atkbd0 attach returned 6 > > > actually means. Anyone on this list know? Any other ideas, suggestions > on how to resolve this? what to look for? where to find documentation? > > any help would be appreciated. > > Alex M. Hi, I had the same problem that while booting up I was loosing my keyboard. As far as I can remember I changed in /boot/device.hints the entry: from hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1" to hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x0" Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit
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