Please don't top-post. נור דאוד <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> OK... This could work eventually, but think about another fact: > With GENERIC kernel, everything works correctly. I plug and unplug the > keyboard, and it interacts wonderfully. Right. The generic kernel has kbdmux these days. > Noor > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Polytropon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:03 PM > To: נור דאוד > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: USB Keyboard is not working with a custom kernel > > On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:33:44 +0200, "??? ????" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> With this kernel, whenever I connect a USB keyboard, I see on >> the console an alert ("USB keyboard device this and that, >> connected to ....") and even the make/model of the keyboard >> is shown, but the keyboard doesn't work. The Num/Caps locks >> work (I mean, the light on the keyboard alternates between >> ON/OFF whenever press on the keys). >> >> Anyone knows what's the problem? And how to fix it? > > This *may* be due to kbdmux. On older FreeBSD systems (such > as FreeBSD 5), you had to manually change the active keyboard > using the kbdcontrol command. Let's say, you have an AT keyboard > present (which has the "focus") and you plugged in the USB > keyboard, the keyboard would get recognized and powered (so > you can toggle the Blinkenlights), but no input would come > from it. Then you would have to use the "focused" keyboard > /dev/kbd0 (=/dev/atkbd0) to "change focus" to the USB one > /dev/kbd1 (=/dev/ukbd0). Since kbdmux has been introduced, > "focus" is on all keybpards that are plugged into the system, > so it doesn't matter where you type something. > > Maybe you could check the presence of kbdmux or use an AT > keyboard to check via kbdcontrol. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"