From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 23 22:25:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A7E116A423 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:25:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul.koch@statseeker.com) Received: from wally.statseeker.com (wally.statscout.com [203.39.101.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8647243DE4 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:24:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul.koch@statseeker.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wally.statseeker.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jANMO4x5029362; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:24:04 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from paul.koch@statseeker.com) Received: from wally.statseeker.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (wally.statseeker.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 29246-01; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:23:57 +1000 (EST) Received: from speedy (CPE-139-168-174-55.qld.bigpond.net.au [139.168.174.55]) (authenticated bits=0) by wally.statseeker.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jANMNnFE029356 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NOT); Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:23:50 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from paul.koch@statseeker.com) From: Paul Koch Organization: Statseeker To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:23:42 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <987C5DB933009F1DBD995679@rambutan.pingpong.net> In-Reply-To: <987C5DB933009F1DBD995679@rambutan.pingpong.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511240823.43208.paul.koch@statseeker.com> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at statseeker.com Cc: Palle Girgensohn Subject: Re: Dell DRAC card snatches keyboard console X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: paul.koch@statseeker.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:25:30 -0000 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? > > 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.