Losing internal keyboard after disconnection external one

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:05:00 +0200
Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 17:46:50 +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> > On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:33:37 +0200
> > Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:
> > 
> > it is only there when X is running.
> 
> Could it be a HAL problem? It's known to cause problems with
> peripherials... ;-)
> 
it looks like.
> 
> 
> > > What's strange about the system messages: "at uhub1, port 3, addr
> > > 1 (disconnected)" is appearing twice...
> > > 
> > I think that this is the source of the problem. At some point both
> > keyboards are seen as the same and removed together.
> 
> The error message refers to the same device. How is the
> laptop's keyboard represented? I thought it would have
> been a PS/2 keyboard, attached to atkbd, not a USB

of course, I did not think of this. Laptops will be the last devices
with PS/2 keyboards.

> keyboard (as built-in pointing devices are often recognized
> as PS/2 mice, being represented as psm0, not ums0).
> Additionally, AT keyboards usually cannot be removed,
> as they are not hot-pluggable per definition, and in
> most cases, they aren't even detected - only the keyboard
> controller is.
> 
> Can you "dmesg | grep kbd"?
> 
> Example from my home system:
> 
> 	atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on
> isa0 atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
> 	kbd0 at atkbd0
> 

kbd1 at kbdmux0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0

> There is no keyboard connected, just a lonely HIL plug
> on the table. :-)
> 
> The Sun Type 7 USB keyboard I'm actually using can be
> detached and re-attached in X without problems. If the
> IBM model M keyboard (can be connected to the HIL plug
> if needed) is present, it keeps working, no matter if
> another keyboard is attached or not.
> 
> NB: I am using X without HAL.
> 
I do always tests with a new machine and then leave HAL either on of
off depending on the outcome. This machine should have HAL enabled.

Erich