On 2012-01-26 (Thursday) 23:00:32 Garance A Drosihn wrote: > Hi. > > I recently installed 9.0-release on a brand new PC which has an i3 chip. > During the initial install I happened to use a USB keyboard from Apple. > I installed freebsd/amd64. Everything that I tried worked okay with it. > > After testing a variety of things, I put the machine in a small rack I > have, and hooked up a different USB keyboard to it. Once the machine > has booted all the way up to a "login:" prompt, the newer USB keyboard > also works fine. It's from Logitech, and has illuminated keys (if that > makes any difference). > > The thing is, the newer keyboard will not work during the initial boot > screen. I see the menu fine, but everything I type using the logitech > keyboard is ignored. If I plug in the Apple keyboard, that works fine > during the bootup screen. > > Is there something I could configure to make the Logitech keyboard work > during that bootup screen? The thing is that the Apple keyboard has a > pretty short USB cable, while the Logitech one has a much longer cable. > > When I plug in the Logitech keyboard, I get /var/log/messages of: > > Jan 26 16:54:20 santropez kernel: ugen1.3: <Logitech> at usbus1 > Jan 26 16:54:20 santropez kernel: ukbd0: <Logitech Logitech > Illuminated Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 2.00/55.01, addr 3> on usbus1 > Jan 26 16:54:20 santropez kernel: kbd2 at ukbd0 > Jan 26 16:54:20 santropez kernel: uhid0: <Logitech Logitech > Illuminated Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 2.00/55.01, addr 3> on usbus1 > > When I plug in the Apple keyboard, I get messages of: > > Jan 26 16:54:37 santropez kernel: ugen1.4: <Apple, Inc.> at usbus1 > Jan 26 16:54:37 santropez kernel: uhub4: <Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub, > class 9/0, rev 2.00/94.15, addr 4> on usbus1 > Jan 26 16:54:38 santropez kernel: uhub4: 3 ports with 2 removable, > bus powered > Jan 26 16:54:39 santropez kernel: ugen1.5: <Apple, Inc> at usbus1 > Jan 26 16:54:39 santropez kernel: ukbd1: <Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard, > class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.69, addr 5> on usbus1 > Jan 26 16:54:39 santropez kernel: kbd3 at ukbd1 > Jan 26 16:54:39 santropez kernel: uhid1: <Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard, > class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.69, addr 5> on usbus1 > > This is not particularly critical to me, but it'd be nice if I could > get the logitech one to work during the bootup screen.
The illuminated keyboard is most probably an usb-2 device, while the nonilluminated one is usb-1. USB-1 is supported by BIOS and USB-2 is not I would guess, and it's also the bios where you could eventually change this (notice that you will probably not be able to enter BIOS with the illuminated keyboard either) Alonso _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
