Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:55:09 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <fbsd-q@bzerk.org> To: Wayne Pascoe <freebsd@penguinpowered.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dead keyboards after boot with no keyboard Message-ID: <20030414115509.GA36183@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <20030414112952.GA5254@marvin.penguinpowered.org.uk> References: <20030414112952.GA5254@marvin.penguinpowered.org.uk>
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On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 12:29:52PM +0100, Wayne Pascoe typed: > Hi all, > > We have a problem with not being able to plug a keyboard into our > machines if they are booted without keyboards. > > We don't have a KVM in our colo, and when our machines are booted, they > don't have keyboards plugged in. > > However, when we have a problem with a machine, we need to plug a > keyboard in. This is not recognised at all, and we have to powercycle > the machine, with no way of trying to shut down cleanly. > > Is there a fix to this ? Look in your kernel config file. There should be a line reading: device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1 remove the "flags 0x1" part and recompile your kernel. After reboot the atkbd driver will install even if there's no keyboard attached. cheers, Ruben > > Regards, > > -- > Wayne Pascoe > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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