Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 11:15:42 -0500 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: "Russell P. Sutherland" <russ@madhaus.cns.utoronto.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keyboard not responding, Dell PE2650 Message-ID: <4C1AF6B9-1462-11D8-8F73-003065ABFD92@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20031111141409.GA11965@madhaus.cns.utoronto.ca> References: <20031111141409.GA11965@madhaus.cns.utoronto.ca>
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On Nov 11, 2003, at 9:14 AM, Russell P. Sutherland wrote: > I have a fairly reproduceable problem with a new Dell PowerEdge 2650: > > After the machine has booted in a headless state (no keyboard > or monitor) and then one inserts a keyboard into either the > front or rear PS/2 plugs, there is no communication input from > the keyboard to the server. The monitor/VGA port communication > is fine. > > I believe the keyboard repsonse is _normal_ if the keyboard > is plugged in while the machine is powering up. > > Has anyone else experienced this problem? And if so how was the issue > resolved? See "man atkb": Driver Flags The atkbd driver accepts the following driver flags. They can be set either in the kernel configuration file (see config(8)), or else in the User Configuration Menu at boot time (see boot(8)). bit 0 (FAIL_IF_NO_KBD) By default the atkbd driver will install even if a keyboard is not actually connected to the system. This option prevents the driver from being installed in this situation. You can also change this line in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC: device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1 ...or your own kernel config file, removing the "flags 0x1", and rebuilding your kernel. That will let you plug in a keyboard later and have it be recognized. -- -Chuck
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