Re: dell usb keyboard not attached to console by default on P4C800-E

From: Doug White (dwhite_at_gumbysoft.com)
Date: 06/22/04

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To: leon breedt <freebsd-current@lists.xeraph.org>

    On Sun, 20 Jun 2004, leon breedt wrote:

    > hi,
    >
    > i have a Dell USB keyboard that's stopped working correctly in -CURRENT
    > (synced today (Jun 20)).
    >
    > the symptoms are that i am unable to type anything in. however, if i
    > attach a PS/2 keyboard, and do:
    >
    > # kbdcontrol -k /dev/ukbd0
    >
    > the USB keyboard starts working. my workaround for now has been to
    > add
    >
    > keyboard="/dev/ukbd0"
    >
    > to /etc/rc.conf. i didn't need this in 5.2.1-R though, is this a
    > regression, or expected behaviour?

    This is a behavior change to make ps/2 keyboards work on dells, according
    to alfred. You'll need to change this line in your hints file:

    hint.atkbd.0.flags="0"

    Make it ="1" and you should work again. 

    -- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org
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