Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:32:48 -0500 From: Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu> To: Nico -telmich- Schottelius <nico-freebsd-questions@schottelius.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Keyboard / Dell Optiplex 745 / FreeBSD 6.2 Message-ID: <46A0D5A0.6010607@cs.okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070720144503.GB3031@schottelius.org> References: <20070720144503.GB3031@schottelius.org>
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Written by Nico -telmich- Schottelius on 07/20/07 09:45>> > Hello! > > Just wanted to confirm that the usb-keyboard is not working in the > installer with Dell Optiplex 745 and FreeBSD 6.2. > Though it works in the boot loader, but stops working (num lock light > is set to off) when usb support is enabled by FreeBSD. > > I also tried booting with verbose logging on, but did not > see an error, only that FreeBSD detects atkbd0, although there > is no ps/2 port (so bios ps/2 emulation). > > There are many postings about the whole optiplex series out there > having that problem, but there seems no solution until today. > > Or does anyone else know more about that? > > Nico > I've never know what causes this, but in single user mode some USB keyboards on some systems refuse to work. I myself work on an Optiplex GX270 that exhibits the same behavior. You can get around it easily enough though; at the loader, set hint.atkbd0.disabled=1 and then boot, the problem should go away.
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