Keyboard not responding, Dell PE2650

[Charles Swiger]

On Nov 11, 2003, at 9:14 AM, Russell P. Sutherland wrote:
> I have a fairly reproduceable problem with a new Dell PowerEdge 2650:
>
>          After the machine has booted in a headless state (no keyboard
>          or monitor) and then one inserts a keyboard into either the
>          front or rear PS/2 plugs, there is no communication input from
>          the keyboard to the server. The monitor/VGA port communication
>          is fine.
>
>          I believe the keyboard repsonse  is _normal_ if the keyboard
>          is plugged in while the machine is powering up.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this problem? And if so how was the issue
> resolved?

See "man atkb":

    Driver Flags
      The atkbd driver accepts the following driver flags.  They can be 
set
      either in the kernel configuration file (see config(8)), or else 
in the
      User Configuration Menu at boot time (see boot(8)).

      bit 0 (FAIL_IF_NO_KBD)
            By default the atkbd driver will install even if a keyboard 
is not
            actually connected to the system.  This option prevents the 
driver
            from being installed in this situation.

You can also change this line in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC:

device          atkbd0  at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1

...or your own kernel config file, removing the "flags 0x1", and 
rebuilding your kernel.  That will let you plug in a keyboard later and 
have it be recognized.

-- 
-Chuck