Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 02:10:09 +0100 From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> To: Scott Saunders <scrotch@sprynet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB keyboard and KVM Message-ID: <200306110210.aa30548@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:08:39 CDT." <B51CC566-9B87-11D7-87DF-003065D644E8@sprynet.com>
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In message <B51CC566-9B87-11D7-87DF-003065D644E8@sprynet.com>, Scott Saunders w rites: >> 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? No, I've only used a setup that had both PS/2 and USB keyboards. Just reading the kbdcontrol man page, the other thing you could try is the -K option to detach the keyboard. e.g: device "Keyboard" devname "ukbd0" attach "kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd0 < /dev/ttyv0" detach "kbdcontrol -K < /dev/ttyv0" (or experiment with kbdcontrol -K from ssh) BTW, what are the last few lines of `dmesg' after the keyboard stops working? Ian
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