Re: PS/2 keyboard not working in ddb

From: Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin_at_savvis.net>
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:10:42 -0700
Rong-En Fan wrote:
>>>With FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT, I can't type anything with my PS/2 keyboard
>>>when I enter in ddb (ctrl+alt+esc) in the prompt 'db>'.
>>
>>known issue. this is due to kbdmux(4) being enabled by default. i'm
>>working on this (no eta yet).
> 
> Does this mean that if we want to use ddb, then we have to disable kbdmux?

well, yes and no. usb keyboards, for example, work in ddb with 
kbdmux(4). for whatever reason only ps/2 keyboards are affected.

> Maybe we should document this know issue in the manual pages?

this used to work. this is relatively new issue.

thanks,
max
Received on Sat Apr 08 2006 - 19:10:57 UTC

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