Hello, Does anyone know how to make a PS/2 keyboard work when plugged into a system booted without a keyboard on FreeBSD 5.x? It doesn't seem to work. For example in 4.x the default GENERIC kernel line is: device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1 If you leave that line alone, the ps/2 keyboard will not work if a system booted without one plugged in. But if you remove the "flags 0x1" it will work fine. Does anyone know how to make the PS/2 work properly in 5.x? Thank you, Holt G. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail
On 5/17/05, Holtor <holtor@yahoo.com> wrote:> Hello, > > Does anyone know how to make a PS/2 keyboard work when plugged into a > system booted without a keyboard on FreeBSD 5.x? It doesn't seem to > work. > > For example in 4.x the default GENERIC kernel line is: > device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1 > > If you leave that line alone, the ps/2 keyboard will not work if a system > booted without one plugged in. But if you remove the "flags 0x1" it will > work fine. > > Does anyone know how to make the PS/2 work properly in 5.x? > > Thank you, > > Holt G.check src/sys/conf/NOTES it explains the flags that can be set in /boot/device.hints #man atkbd check the file /boot/device.hints eg. hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x01" # try changing and test flags PS: Wait for others to reply to your post. I don't have much experince in FreeBSD and so far some people in the list would love to kick my ***. -- Kind regards Abu Khaled
On Mon, 16 May 2005, Holtor wrote:> Does anyone know how to make a PS/2 keyboard work when plugged into a > system booted without a keyboard on FreeBSD 5.x? It doesn't seem to > work.This is a system-specific thing. As noted previously clearing flag 0x1 on atkbd0 can help this, but it doesn't always work on all motherboards. To do this, edit /boot/device.hints and make sure there is no "hint.atkbd.0.flags" line. Reboot to have the change take effect. _Technically_, ps/2 is not hotplug -- you risk severe electrical damage to the system by hotplugging ps/2 keyboards and mice. If you do this frequently you may consider investing in a KVM.> For example in 4.x the default GENERIC kernel line is: > device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1 > > If you leave that line alone, the ps/2 keyboard will not work if a system > booted without one plugged in. But if you remove the "flags 0x1" it will > work fine. > > Does anyone know how to make the PS/2 work properly in 5.x? > > Thank you, > > Holt G. > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail Mobile > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >-- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org