Unable to use a PS/2 keyboard after a boot without it.

[Josh Tolbert]

On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 01:51:38AM +0200, Jesper Wallin wrote:
> Hello..
> 
> I run a few FreeBSD machines at home (both 4.10 and 5.2.1) and if I boot them up
> *without* having the PS/2 keyboard connected, I can't connect it later on.. My servers
> usually runs without screen and keyboard, power and network cable is the only thing
> needed. :) But when I need to change something (like, take them down to
> single-user-mode), then I need to reconnect the keyboard, reboot the machine and THEN I
> can use the keyboard..
> 
> I use to run Linux before and it seems like Linux handle that pretty well, therefore I
> doubt it's a BIOS settings or so.. Is it possible to make FreeBSD work the same way to
> always assume there's keyboard connected so I can connect it whenever I need to without
> (re)booting with it connected?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Jesper Wallin

Understandable, considering PS/2 is not technically hot-swappable...Be careful
doing that, cause I've seen machines stop responding to PS/2 input after a
"bad" swap...I don't know if the on-board keyboard controller gets fried or
what, but swapping PS/2 peripherals is just something I don't do any more.

As far as why FreeBSD doesn't recognize PS/2 hardware after it's hot-plugged,
I can't help you there. You might consider looking at the flags for the
drivers that work with the keyboard.

Josh
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