Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:08:39 -0500 From: Scott Saunders <scrotch@sprynet.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB keyboard and KVM Message-ID: <B51CC566-9B87-11D7-87DF-003065D644E8@sprynet.com> In-Reply-To: <200306102047.aa60227@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
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Thank you for your reply. But it's still not working. More below... On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 02:47 PM, Ian Dowse wrote: > In message <49AD623F-9B60-11D7-B332-003065D644E8@sprynet.com>, Scott > Saunders w > rites ... >> ... >> I added: >> kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd0 < /dev/ttyv0 > /dev/null >> to the end of /etc/rc.i386 based on the FAQ. > > The above command will only run once when the machine boots, so you > need to have something that repeats this when the keyboard is > (effectively) plugged back in after being removed. Try adding the > following lines near the end of /etc/usbd.conf instead: > > device "Keyboard" > devname "ukbd0" > attach "kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd0 < /dev/ttyv0" I added this and tried it with and without the kbdcontrol line in /etc/rc.i386. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to make any difference. It certainly looks to my inexperienced eyes like it should. I can SSH in (and maybe this will be the permanent solution). If I run kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd0 < /dev/ttyv0 while it's 'locked up' I get: kbdcontrol: cannot open /dev/kbd0: Device busy So maybe it didn't close down the connection to the keyboard? If that's anything like how it actually works. I tried plugging the keyboard directly into the machine (not through the KVM) while it was 'locked up', but that had no effect either. Are you using a set up like this, Ian? Thanks again, Scott Saunders
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