Problem with USB keyboard during boot screen

[Schaich Alonso]

On 2012-01-26 (Thursday) 23:00:32 Garance A Drosihn wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I recently installed 9.0-release on a brand new PC which has an i3 chip.
> During the initial install I happened to use a USB keyboard from Apple.
> I installed freebsd/amd64.  Everything that I tried worked okay with it.
> 
> After testing a variety of things, I put the machine in a small rack I
> have, and hooked up a different USB keyboard to it.  Once the machine
> has booted all the way up to a "login:" prompt, the newer USB keyboard
> also works fine.  It's from Logitech, and has illuminated keys (if that
> makes any difference).
> 
> The thing is, the newer keyboard will not work during the initial boot
> screen.  I see the menu fine, but everything I type using the logitech
> keyboard is ignored.  If I plug in the Apple keyboard, that works fine
> during the bootup screen.
> 
> Is there something I could configure to make the Logitech keyboard work
> during that bootup screen?  The thing is that the Apple keyboard has a
> pretty short USB cable, while the Logitech one has a much longer cable.
> 
> When I plug in the Logitech keyboard, I get /var/log/messages of:
> 
>    Jan 26 16:54:20 santropez kernel: ugen1.3: <Logitech> at usbus1
>    Jan 26 16:54:20 santropez kernel: ukbd0: <Logitech Logitech
> Illuminated Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 2.00/55.01, addr 3> on usbus1
>    Jan 26 16:54:20 santropez kernel: kbd2 at ukbd0
>    Jan 26 16:54:20 santropez kernel: uhid0: <Logitech Logitech
> Illuminated Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 2.00/55.01, addr 3> on usbus1
> 
> When I plug in the Apple keyboard, I get messages of:
> 
>    Jan 26 16:54:37 santropez kernel: ugen1.4: <Apple, Inc.> at usbus1
>    Jan 26 16:54:37 santropez kernel: uhub4: <Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub,
> class 9/0, rev 2.00/94.15, addr 4> on usbus1
>    Jan 26 16:54:38 santropez kernel: uhub4: 3 ports with 2 removable,
> bus powered
>    Jan 26 16:54:39 santropez kernel: ugen1.5: <Apple, Inc> at usbus1
>    Jan 26 16:54:39 santropez kernel: ukbd1: <Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard,
> class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.69, addr 5> on usbus1
>    Jan 26 16:54:39 santropez kernel: kbd3 at ukbd1
>    Jan 26 16:54:39 santropez kernel: uhid1: <Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard,
> class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.69, addr 5> on usbus1
> 
> This is not particularly critical to me, but it'd be nice if I could
> get the logitech one to work during the bootup screen.

The illuminated keyboard is most probably an usb-2 device, while the 
nonilluminated one is usb-1. USB-1 is supported by BIOS and USB-2 is not I 
would guess, and it's also the bios where you could eventually change this 
(notice that you will probably not be able to enter BIOS with the illuminated 
keyboard either)

Alonso