Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 09:58:41 +0200 From: Oliver Fuchs <oliverfuchs@onlinehome.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> Subject: Re: no keyboard after boot Message-ID: <20040814075840.GA3611@oliverfuchs.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20040813102148.GA9258@ei.bzerk.org> References: <Pine.BSI.4.10.10408121048200.9761-100000@pdx-s02.navi.net> <20040813063131.GA2636@oliverfuchs.ath.cx> <20040813102148.GA9258@ei.bzerk.org>
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On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Ruben de Groot wrote: > On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 08:31:31AM +0200, Oliver Fuchs typed: > > 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" > > That won't help him; he's on 4.3-RELEASE where there's no device.hints file. > To the OP: have you tried google ? > Oh, sorry, I did not know that there is no device.hints in 4.3 (I am using 5.2). Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit
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