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Date:      Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:50:11 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        "Coen Watstaatervoor" <watstaatervoor@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: AMD64 + FreeBSD 6.1 + Keyboard troubles
Message-ID:  <44u0134a8c.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <b0585ee30611111532l1152d0a4k6ac22fcc12553811@mail.gmail.com> (Coen Watstaatervoor's message of "Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:32:21 %2B0100")
References:  <b0585ee30611111532l1152d0a4k6ac22fcc12553811@mail.gmail.com>

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"Coen Watstaatervoor" <watstaatervoor@gmail.com> writes:

> I've installed FreeBSD 6.1 on a new Dual AMD Opeteron HE server, during the
> installation the keyboard works fine. But when you plug in the keyboard
> after a reboot (without the keyboard attached) the keyboard won't work any
> more. I'm doing the same installation on a Dual Intel Xeon machine and the
> keyboard works fine after a reboot and a cold plug in.
>
> Could this be a motherboard problem or is this something within BSD?

If it's a PS/2 keyboard, then you're not supposed to do that anyway,
and it's a hardware issue.  If it's a USB keyboard, a newer version of
FreeBSD might do better.



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