Changing to a PS/2 keyboard after install

[Gary Schenk]

On Monday 09 June 2003 01:08 pm, clayton rollins wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 12:26:39 Gary Schenk <gwschenk at socal.rr.com> wrote:
> >I installed FreeBSD on this machine which came with a USB keyboard
> > and mouse. The keyboard has problems, and for various reasons, I'd
> > like to replace it with a PS/2 keyboard. Only problem is I can't
> > figure out how to do it.
> >
> >Getting a PS/2 mouse running was easy through sysinstall.
> >
> >Just plugging in the new keyboard did not work. After searching the
> > web and mailing lists, I  thought that recompiling the kernel with 
> > the following lines would work:
> >
> ># atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
> >device		atkbdc0	at isa? port IO_KBD
> >device		atkbd0	at atkbdc? irq 1  # flags 0x1
> >device		psm0	at atkbdc? irq 12
> >
> >I commented out the flag 0x1 and recompiled and rebooted. That did
> > not work either.
> >
> >As of now the only way I can see to get the PS/2 keyboard working is
> > to reinstall. That seems like overkill. Does anyone have any ideas?
> >
> >Thanks
> >Gary Schenk
>
> I'm not sure if this is your problem, but there is a line in generic:
> device		ukbd		# Keyboard
> toward the end, under #USB Support. Have you already tried commenting
> that out?
>
> As a side note, the above PS/2 keyboard config. (yours) matches what
> I have in my kernel. (with the flag.)
>
> Good luck,
> Clayton
>
> PS. re-installing is overkill here; the answer must be simpler.
> Though it may be quicker in the long run.

Thanks for the suggestion, but that did not work. After rebooting not 
only did I not have a PS/2 keyboard, I no longer could plug in the USB 
keyboard.

This is very perplexing. There must be a way to install a new keyboard. 
Reinstalling the OS is the Microsoft way, and I want to avoid that.

Gary