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Date:      Mon, 17 Dec 2001 08:40:34 +0200
From:      "Toomas Aas" <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee>
To:        "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: keyboard won't work on headless server
Message-ID:  <200112170641.fBH6fDC18203@lv.raad.tartu.ee>
In-Reply-To: <3C1D031D.29485.21321FDF@localhost>

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Hi Dan!

On 16 Dec 01 at 20:25 you wrote:

> I have a server which normally does not have a keyboard and monitor 
> attached.  The keyboard will not work unless it is attached during the 
> boot process.  The keyboard will continue to work if it is detached after 
> reboot and later reattached.

In your kernel config file, look for the line:

device          atkbd0  at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1

Remove the 'flags 0x1' part and recompile the kernel.

This has always worked for me.

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Toomas Aas | toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee | http://www.raad.tartu.ee/~toomas/
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