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Date:      Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:57:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Jose M Rodriguez <josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installing 5.3-BETA7 without PS/2 keyboard
Message-ID:  <20041011185207.N34886@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <200410081355.39055.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es>
References:  <1383.69.109.125.98.1097208742.squirrel@69.109.125.98> <2421.69.109.124.35.1097232334.squirrel@69.109.124.35> <200410081355.39055.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es>

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On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Jose M Rodriguez wrote:

> El Viernes, 8 de Octubre de 2004 12:45, Rajappa Iyer escribi=F3:
> > > "Rajappa Iyer" <rsi@panix.com> writes:
> > >> I tried disabling the atkbd and atkbdc, but it still finds and
> > >> attaches kbd0 to atkbd and kbd1 to the USB keyboard.
> > >>
> > >> Any way out of this situation?
> > >
> > > echo 'devd_enable=3D"YES"' >>/etc/rc.conf
> > > /etc/rc.d/devd start
> >
> > Unfortunately, I cannot get to the shell with a usable keyboard to
> > type in the above commands.  I'm basically stuck at sysinstall.
> >
>
> Have you BIOS any USB dos/keyboard compat mode.  You may tweak this
> later after sysintall reboot

Its usually called "USB Legacy". It provides Ps/2 emulation for USB, but
it usually kicks out after loader jumps in.  Your BIOS may be able to keep
it going for some reason.

There's also

hint.atkbdc.0.disabled=3D"1"

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