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Date:      Mon, 3 Sep 2001 02:18:46 -0500 (EST)
From:      Richard Lucas <rlucas@solidcomputing.com>
To:        G D McKee <freebsd@gdmckee.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Booting FreeBSD without mouse and keyboard
Message-ID:  <20010903021758.O10793-100000@mx2.threeh.com>
In-Reply-To: <001201c1324d$436a11e0$0a00a8c0@p300>

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On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, G D McKee wrote:

> Hi
>
> If you boot your PC without the keyboard or mouse connected - is there a way of firing up the keyboard and mouse drivers latter once telnet'ed into the box?
>
> Or, do I have to hit the restart button.  The keyboard does function - num lock lights up and stuff - just no input on the screen - so if the driver could be loaded then I think it would work!
>
> Gordon
>

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's according to an email that passed thru the list recently. I haven't
tried it but it was said that should work.

-Richard


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