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Date:      Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:08:16 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        zaxis <z_axis@163.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to fix the "keyboard dead" question ?
Message-ID:  <20100917030816.8512ee8c.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <29734114.post@talk.nabble.com>
References:  <29734114.post@talk.nabble.com>

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On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:51:31 -0700 (PDT), zaxis <z_axis@163.com> wrote:
> 
> Sometimes after booting freebsd and reaching the slim login screen, i cannot
> input anything: the keyboard seems to be dead.  Then i have to reboot
> freebsd and the problem disappear !

Is this an AT or USB keyboard?

If it is a USB keyboard: I have similar problems on FreeBSD 7
(didn't have them before on 5) where the "activation" of the
USB keyboard sometimes takes up to 2 minutes after system boot
is complete. Detaching and re-attaching the USB plug sometimes
helps.



-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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