inappropriate ioctl for usb keyboard

Hi all,

I try to attach an usb keyboard with the command

kbdcontrol -a | -k /dev/ukbd0

and here is what i get:

inappropriate ioctl for device.

now the long story:
sysctl -a | grep ...

ukbd0: <CHESEN USB Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 1.10/1.10, addr 2> on uhub0
ukbd0: CHESEN USB Keyboard, rev 1.10/1.10, addr 2, iclass 3/1
kbd: new array size 4
kbd1 at ukbd0
kbd1: ukbd0, generic (0), config:0x0, flags:0x1d0000
uhid0: <CHESEN USB Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 1.10/1.10, addr 2> on uhub0
uhid0: CHESEN USB Keyboard, rev 1.10/1.10, addr 2, iclass 3/1

   ...

<118>hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest: 
<118>C1
<118> -> 
<118>C2
<118>
<118>kbd1
<118>    ukbd0, type:generic (0)
<118>kbdcontrol: 
<118>unable to set keyboard
<118>: 
<118>Inappropriate ioctl for device
<118>syscons not running?
<118>/etc/rc.d/syscons: DEBUG: run_rc_command: evaluating syscons_precmd().
<118>/etc/rc.d/syscons: DEBUG: run_rc_command: evaluating syscons_start().
<118>Configuring syscons:
<118> keymap
<118> keyrate
<118> font8x16
<118> font8x14
<118> font8x8
<118> blanktime
<118> allscreens

any idea would help.

thanks.

Raoul
rmgls_at_wanadoo.fr