Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:37:17 -0500 From: Manuel Rabade Garcia <mig@rabade.net> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Logitech Cordless Presenter blocks keyboard Message-ID: <20050829223717.695e4326@laptop.rabade.net> In-Reply-To: <43133B45.3010807@nurfuerspam.de> References: <43133B45.3010807@nurfuerspam.de>
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On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:43:49 +0200 Markus Dolze <bsdfan@nurfuerspam.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I just bought an Logitech Cordless 2.4 GHz Presenter for use with my > FreeBSD 5.4 laptop. > > This device consists of the cordless device and an USB adapter, which > appears as a keyboard and mouse to the system. > > Whenever I plug in the USB part, I get: > > Aug 29 17:48:18 <kern.crit> kirika kernel: ukbd0: Logitech USB > wireless Mouse & Presenter, rev 2.00/35.00, addr 2, iclass 3/1 > Aug 29 17:48:18 <kern.crit> kirika kernel: kbd1 at ukbd0 > Aug 29 17:48:18 <kern.crit> kirika kernel: ums0: Logitech USB wireless > Mouse & Presenter, rev 2.00/35.00, addr 2, iclass 3/1 > Aug 29 17:48:18 <kern.crit> kirika kernel: ums0: 3 buttons and Z dir. > > However, whenever I do this, the laptop's keyboard is unusable. It > just accepts no input anymore. Instead when I press a "blank screen" > button on the cordless device, the letter 'b' is entered (that key is > used by presentation programs to blank the screen, when in > presetation mode). > > If I pull out the USB device everything is working as usually. > > Looke like the USB keyboard is taken as the man input device and the > internal atkbd is disabled. > > Any ideas how to fix this? > FreeBSD supports only one Keyboard at a time (at least in the console, I don't remember about X11). Give a look to kbdcontrol(1) and atkbd(4). With kbdcontrol you can switch between your PS/2 and USB keyboards. Greetings. -- Manuel Rabade Garcia PGP - 1024D/D27DE2F3 2005-03-18 Fingerprint - 7965 0CCE B9F8 B96B 2E6F 0B88 278C 52F8 D27D E2F3
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