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Date:      Tue, 19 Jan 1999 13:46:34 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        JLeaver@darlington.ac.uk (Jonathan Leaver)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard with 2.2.8-release
Message-ID:  <199901191846.NAA24869@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <688E2B97F0A9D211BD580000D11B13DF03E649@sta_mail1.darlington.ac.uk> from Jonathan Leaver at "Jan 19, 99 06:02:13 pm"

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Jonathan Leaver wrote,
> Hi, I'm new to this so please be generous with your patience...
> 
> 	I've got a PS/2 Mouse and a [PS/2] Keyboard - one with a small plug
> on it anyway...
> 
> 	I can configure the Kernel, Eradicate Conflicts etc. BUT
> 
> 	When the next configuration screen starts up the keyboard doesn't
> work...
> 
> 	I presume the System hasn't picked up the keyboard....
> 
> I need to know why. Any Ideas? Anyone suffered a similar fate?

The PS/2 mouse and keyboard share a port. They are /supposed/ to
"conflict." You have diabled the system from seeing the keyboard. Do
not disable something called a console driver.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com

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