AMD64 + FreeBSD 6.1 + Keyboard troubles

Lowell Gilbert freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org
Mon Nov 13 15:57:38 UTC 2006


"Coen Watstaatervoor" <watstaatervoor at gmail.com> writes:

> I've installed FreeBSD 6.1 on a new Dual AMD Opeteron HE server, during the
> installation the keyboard works fine. But when you plug in the keyboard
> after a reboot (without the keyboard attached) the keyboard won't work any
> more. I'm doing the same installation on a Dual Intel Xeon machine and the
> keyboard works fine after a reboot and a cold plug in.
>
> Could this be a motherboard problem or is this something within BSD?

If it's a PS/2 keyboard, then you're not supposed to do that anyway,
and it's a hardware issue.  If it's a USB keyboard, a newer version of
FreeBSD might do better.


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