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Date:      Wed, 16 May 2007 08:44:48 +1000
From:      Never you mind <scrpt@catholic.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Computer wakes, keyboard sleeps on
Message-ID:  <6e92b764a1758622d8ce613b9d17fa37@catholic.org>
In-Reply-To: <46498FFA.8070902@tomjudge.com>
References:  <01cb8c224a7358a4c6a49f5b4b4bc0f0@catholic.org> <46498FFA.8070902@tomjudge.com>

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On 15/05/2007, at 8:48 PM, Tom Judge wrote:

> Never you mind wrote:
>> The keyboard stays asleep after everything else has woken up. How do 
>> I begin troubleshooting this problem?
>> I use a KVM switch to share the KVM between two machines. The other 
>> machine runs Windows, everything works as it should there.
>> Malcolm
>
> Does the KVM you are using have keyboard and mouse emulation for when 
> the system is not active on the KVM.

yes, I think it does but I'm not sure I can find the documentation for 
the device now to confirm its behaviour.

> Most systems only enable the keyboard if the system detects it on 
> boot,  it could be the same when waking from a sleep state.

Watching the boot process I see that there is a keyboard error but the 
keyboard then works once the system is running. That does seem odd. 
I'll try removing the KVM and see what happens.

malcolm




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