[GLLUG] USB Keyboards

[Adam McDougall]

Cuz the manpage says so? :)

    To change the default console keyboard to the another keyboard, for exam-
     ple the first USB keyboard (see ukbd(4)), use the following commands.

           kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd1 < /dev/console
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On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 11:41:11AM -0500, Sean wrote:

  Just out of curiousity why wouldnt it be:
  kbdcontrol -k /dev/ukbd0
  
  and your option and command keys will probably be flip flopped which is
  much easier to remap in freebsd then any MacOS..
  
  On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Adam McDougall wrote:
  
  > Are you root?  Does /dev/kbd1 exist?  does truss kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd1
  > reveal anything interesting?
  >
  > On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 02:48:49AM -0500, Mike Szumlinski wrote:
  >
  >   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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