Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:23:42 +1000 From: Paul Koch <paul.koch@statseeker.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> Subject: Re: Dell DRAC card snatches keyboard console Message-ID: <200511240823.43208.paul.koch@statseeker.com> In-Reply-To: <987C5DB933009F1DBD995679@rambutan.pingpong.net> References: <987C5DB933009F1DBD995679@rambutan.pingpong.net>
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On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 02:32 am, Palle Girgensohn wrote: > Hi! > > I just installed a Dell 2850 with a DRAC card and a PS/2 keyboard. > The keyboard stopped working when entering multiuser mode, and I > found an old email on current from September 2004, where Brooks said > to comment away ukbd lines in devd.conf. I did, PS/2 keyboard works > but the DRAC remote console does not. Is there a way to have both > keyboards working? > > <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-September/03 >8879.html> > > Regards, > Palle We also came across this problem some time ago on 5.4. We could install ok, go into single user mode, but in multiuser mode the DRAC would become the console. We didn't fiddle devd.conf, but instead put an entry in rc.conf of keyboard="/dev/kbd0". This allowed PS/2 keyboards to work, and if we plugged a usb keyboard in, it would also work. We didn't get to play with the DRAC though. I don't have access to these machines anymore because they are now installed at a customer site. I'd be interested in knowing how to get both a locally attached keyboard and the DRAC going at the same time. I recall the DRAC being a special card which contains an ethernet port and virtual keyboard/mouse/video. It is accessed remotely via IP and replaces the need to KVM switches/cabling. The card contains its own tiny OS and IP stack. Paul.
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