[GLLUG] USB Keyboards

[Mike Szumlinski]

This is what I get when I search for the kb.

bash-2.05$ dmesg | grep kbd
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
ukbd0: Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard, rev 1.10/1.22, addr 4,
iclass 3/1
kbd1 at ukbd0

but when I try kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd1, I get this:

kbd1
ukbd0, type:generic (0)
kbdcontrol: unable to set keyboard: Inappropriate ioctl for device

Any ideas? Is it a driver issue? I see the I/O control warning, but I have
no clue what that means.

Adam McDougall wrote:

> Yes.
> You must use kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd0 where 0 is the device number
> of keyboard you want to use for the console.  dmesg | grep kbd
> should show you what is available.  Did it even detect the keyboard?
> You must be running usbd.  If you do not have usb support in your
> kernel, I believe usbd will take care of loading the drivers.
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 02:32:06AM -0500, Mike Szumlinski wrote:
>
>   Has anyone had any luck using USB keyboards under FreeBSD? I have an
>   Apple Pro keyboard that I much prefer to my $5 AT keyboard. Any
>   suggestions (all I've done so far is plug it in and it didn't work). My
>   USB mouse works fine, so I know USB is working
>
>   -Mike
>
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