Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 08:01:12 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.hda.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uh oh - after 4 -> 4.2 cvsup, no keyboard. any ideas? Message-ID: <200102111301.f1BD1ML14545@hda.hda.com> In-Reply-To: <200102110855.RAA08201@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> from Kazutaka YOKOTA at "Feb 11, 2001 05:55:08 pm"
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> >:If the flags 0x100 is specified to syscons (this is now default in
> >:GENERIC), syscons should revert to the AT keyboard when the USB
> >:keyboard has gone.
> >:
> >:Kazu
> >
> > ok... so if we remove 'flags 0x1' from atkbd0, and leave
> > 'flags 0x100' on sc0, and add an entry to /etc/usbd.conf to
> > transfer control to the USB keyboard, then we will be ok? Or not?
>
> Yes, it should be OK. But, I have to check several things before we go
> committing things. IIRC, currently USB keyboards (for that matter,
> the AT keyboard too) don't have explicit /dev entries. We need to add
> them, otherwise usbd and kbdcontrol won't be able to refer to the
> newly attached USB keyboard.
To work properly it has to be done at a lower level than usbd, you want
it working when you boot into ddb. USB keyboards do have /dev
entries, I have a cordless USB keyboard, I've been doing this insufficient
hack at boot:
if [ -c /dev/kbd1 ]; then
cp /dev/null /dev/kbd1 2> /dev/null
if [ $? = 0 ]; then
/usr/sbin/kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd1
fi
fi
which works for me especially since I just leave a second keyboard plugged
into it. Yes, I know this is no solution.
I assume there was a problem with leaving both keyboards enabled and
mixing the input? That would work for me.
Peter
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