devd started with single-user mode?

[David Demelier]

On 20/03/2011 12:13, Polytropon wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:55:35 +0100, David Demelier<demelier.david at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I just realized that I can't use my USB keyboard if I start FreeBSD in
>> single user mode. The keyboard is still detected but I can't use it.
>>
>> It works with the loader of course. I don't know if it's related to devd
>> and if it's running.
>>
>> I also have USB legacy enabled in the BIOS settings.
>
> Do you have kbdmux in your kernel? If you don't have it,
> switching to "the other" keyboard is needed to be issued
> from the AT keyboard (if present), using the kbdcontrol
> program.
>
> Kernel configuration should contain:
>
> options 	KBD_INSTALL_CDEV	# install a CDEV entry in /dev
> # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
> device		kbdmux			# keyboard multiplexer
> device		atkbdc			# AT keyboard controller
> device		atkbd			# AT keyboard
> options		ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP
> makeoptions	ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP=german.iso
> # USB support stuff here...
> device		ukbd			# Keyboard
> options		UKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP
> makeoptions	UKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP=german.iso
>
> If I remember correctly, most of the important lines are
> part of the GENERIC kernel configuration.
>
> On my system, I can't use the USB keyboard in CMOS setup
> or at the loader, but it works as soon as the kernel has
> finished loading, so when the boot process has enabled
> the single user mode, the USB keyboard is usable. For
> loader-related things, I still have to keep a PS/2 AT
> keyboard handy.
>
>

The problem when you're using directly kbdmux in the kernel config, the 
ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP and UKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP are ineffective, you can't set 
these both together ...

For me I added these both to use uk.iso but in single user mode I still 
have the standard us layout.

Cheers,

-- 
David Demelier