Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:06:36 -0700 From: Gary Schenk <gwschenk@socal.rr.com> To: clayton rollins <crollins666@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing to a PS/2 keyboard after install Message-ID: <200306091706.36333.gwschenk@socal.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <Sea1-F74udzxxfYXFrw000251e5@hotmail.com> References: <Sea1-F74udzxxfYXFrw000251e5@hotmail.com>
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On Monday 09 June 2003 01:08 pm, clayton rollins wrote: > On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 12:26:39 Gary Schenk <gwschenk@socal.rr.com> wrote: > >I installed FreeBSD on this machine which came with a USB keyboard > > and mouse. The keyboard has problems, and for various reasons, I'd > > like to replace it with a PS/2 keyboard. Only problem is I can't > > figure out how to do it. > > > >Getting a PS/2 mouse running was easy through sysinstall. > > > >Just plugging in the new keyboard did not work. After searching the > > web and mailing lists, I thought that recompiling the kernel with > > the following lines would work: > > > ># atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse > >device atkbdc0 at isa? port IO_KBD > >device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 # flags 0x1 > >device psm0 at atkbdc? irq 12 > > > >I commented out the flag 0x1 and recompiled and rebooted. That did > > not work either. > > > >As of now the only way I can see to get the PS/2 keyboard working is > > to reinstall. That seems like overkill. Does anyone have any ideas? > > > >Thanks > >Gary Schenk > > I'm not sure if this is your problem, but there is a line in generic: > device ukbd # Keyboard > toward the end, under #USB Support. Have you already tried commenting > that out? > > As a side note, the above PS/2 keyboard config. (yours) matches what > I have in my kernel. (with the flag.) > > Good luck, > Clayton > > PS. re-installing is overkill here; the answer must be simpler. > Though it may be quicker in the long run. Thanks for the suggestion, but that did not work. After rebooting not only did I not have a PS/2 keyboard, I no longer could plug in the USB keyboard. This is very perplexing. There must be a way to install a new keyboard. Reinstalling the OS is the Microsoft way, and I want to avoid that. Gary
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