Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:26:28 -0500 From: Scott Saunders <scrotch@sprynet.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: USB keyboard and KVM Message-ID: <49AD623F-9B60-11D7-B332-003065D644E8@sprynet.com>
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I'm working on my very first FreeBSD machine running FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE. I've worked with many Macs and toyed with Linux, and I'm finding FreeBSD very nice. I have one issue I haven't been able to figure out yet. I'm using a USB keyboard with a USB KVM switch. When the machine boots, the keyboard is recognized and works fine. (The keyboard doesn't seem to have any effect at the "Hit [enter] to boot immediately..." line of startup, though.) However, if I switch the KVM to another computer and back, the machine doesn't respond to the keyboard. The monitor comes back fine, but the keyboard and mouse don't seem to do anything. I can log in via SSH, but I would like to turn SSH off and just use the KVM set up. I'm only using the CLI, so the mouse isn't an issue for me. This is my first FreeBSD install, and also my first PC hardware and I'm at a loss. If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it. I have: usbd_enable="YES" blanktime="0" at the end of rc.conf. I added: kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd0 < /dev/ttyv0 > /dev/null to the end of /etc/rc.i386 based on the FAQ. I added: options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV to the kernel config and recompiled, based on my interpretation of the ukbd man page. Many thanks, Scott Saunders
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