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Date:      Mon, 6 Oct 2003 08:19:49 -0500
From:      Henrik Hudson <lists@rhavenn.net>
To:        Mike Jackson <mjj@isorauta.ntc.nokia.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Booting without keyboard.
Message-ID:  <200310060819.49188.lists@rhavenn.net>
In-Reply-To: <20031006131639.GB3467@isorauta.ntc.nokia.com>
References:  <20031006033138.14059.qmail@web21307.mail.yahoo.com> <20031006131639.GB3467@isorauta.ntc.nokia.com>

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On Monday 06 October 2003 08:16, Mike Jackson wrote:
> ext hctan7@yahoo.com (hctan7@yahoo.com) wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have recently installed FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p10 on a Intel SE7501WV2
> > board. I am using a PS2 keyboard without mouse. It works fine. However,
> > when i boot without the keyboard plugged into the system, it is not able
> > to accept the keyboard when i plug in later.
> >
> > Is there a way to turn the keyboard always 'on' so that i can get it to
> > work whenever i plug it in after the system is up and running.

Yes, there is. In your kernel, find the line:
	device          atkbd0  at atkbdc? irq 1

the default kernel has a flag x or something after the 'irq 1' . Delete the 
flag portion and its argument, recompile and reboot and then the ps2 keyboard 
will always load.

Henrik
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