Poweredge 2850 keyboard problem

[Eric Anderson]

Andy K wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Having "googled" for my problem, the only thread I 
> can find is this one which doesn't appear to have a
> solution:-
>
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2005-April/011579.html
>
> I recently got two Dell Poweredge servers. A 1425 and 
> a 2850. I installed 6.0-RELEASE onto both. With the
> 1425 I have no problem, but with the 2850 the keyboard
> fails to work at all.
>
> Some details; The keyboard is plugged into the standard
> "purple" kb input. It works fine when setting up bios
> options, perc4 controller set-up, etc. The keyboard works
> fine also if I boot into single user mode. However, if
> I do a normal boot into multi-user mode (the keyboard 
> works fine when selecting a boot option) then when I
> get to the login prompt, no keyboard input at all.
>
> I tried a USB keyboard also. Same result, works ok for
> bios setting and single user mode but just doesn't work
> in multi-user mode. Oddly, the Dell USB kb I have also 
> has a USB optical mouse connected to the keybd. When I 
> plug in, I see the kernel messages popup on the console
> telling me a kb and mouse have been connected. The mouse
> works fine (pointer appears and can be moved and selection
> made) but the keyboard stubbornly refuses to do anything.
>
> Any ideas anyone? (I saw a thread somewhere that upgrading
> the kernel and world fixed it, however, I've cvsuped to
> 6-STABLE, new world and kernel and the problem still there.
>
> It's a dual processor system but same problem with GENERIC
> and a custom kernel.
>
>   

Sounds like you have a DRAC installed.  The DRAC takes over the usb 
keyboard and mouse I think.

Try this 'patch':

--- ./devd.conf-orig    Mon Feb 13 20:28:48 2006
+++ ./devd.conf Mon Feb 13 20:29:19 2006
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@
 # When a USB keyboard arrives, attach it as the console keyboard.
 attach 100 {
        device-name "ukbd0";
-       action "kbdcontrol -k /dev/ukbd0 < /dev/console && 
/etc/rc.d/syscons restart";
+       #action "kbdcontrol -k /dev/ukbd0 < /dev/console && 
/etc/rc.d/syscons restart";
 };
 detach 100 {
        device-name "ukbd0";
-       action "kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd0 < /dev/console";
+       #action "kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd0 < /dev/console";
 };
 
 # The entry below starts moused when a mouse is plugged in. Moused


Eric



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Eric Anderson        Sr. Systems Administrator        Centaur Technology
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