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Date:      Sat, 14 May 2011 20:53:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Rob Clark <rpclark@ymail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   No keyboard after ports update, 2x moused_enable="YES" culprit
Message-ID:  <117637.44743.qm@web111903.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

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System Info: 8.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE #0: Tue Aug 10 11:43:36 EDT 20=
10,
=A0and xorg-server-1.7.7_1,1 X.Org X server and related programs

Not having updated my ports in nearly 1 year, I did a sledgehammer approach=
 with
portmaster as follows:

portmaster -D -R -f -m BATCH=3Dyes -a

This took a few rounds.
I did this as I started having all sorts of issues after running down vario=
us port problems
when going through a rather long /usr/ports/UPDATING.=A0=20
Maybe not the best method, but I think everything is finally done.

After restarting X, prior to any reboot, I lost the mouse in X.
So I figured a reboot was in order.

Issue:
After a reboot I found I had no keyboard -- not even in console mode.=A0=20
Trying the obvious first, I unplugged the keyboard and plugged it
back in the ps2 port, and keyboard worked immediately -- this was repeatabl=
e.=A0=20
Reboot, same thing, no keyboard.

Some digging around revealed that I had the following line in /etc/rc.conf =
twice:
moused_enable=3D"YES"

I removed one of these (which I guess was the culprit) and left one as it s=
hould have been, then all was well.=A0 Keyboard found at reboot, no further=
 issues -- mouse was available in X too.

I have no idea why I had=A0 moused_enable=3D"YES"=A0 in there twice, whethe=
r it was from an old or recent rc.conf edit, but it clearly seems to have b=
een causing the issue.

Other (maybe valuable) info:
I am running hald in /etc/rc.conf as follows:
dbus_enable=3D"YES"
hald_enable=3D"YES"
...and these were there prior to the ports update.

I figured this "issue" may be of some value since I did not do any src upda=
tes.

I'll be glad to try to help or test this further, but keep in mind I'm not =
a coder.

Thanks,
Rob






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