On Aug 21, 2007, at 6:27 PM, Patrick Welche wrote:

> USB keyboard driver attaches to console / runs in native mode /  
> interrupts
> disabled.
> /etc/rc.d/xdm stop
> make sure /etc/ttys has console on, ttyE0 off, kill -1 1 if necessary
> On usb keyboard, console terminal, press ctl-alt-esc. Nothing happens.
> Can happily login to console. Type away merrily. No ddb.
>
> This is a Dell optiplex 280, bios A08, no legacy usb emulation option,
> just on / off / no boot (from usb mass storage devices).

Try to rebuild a kernel with no 'pckbc' nor 'pckbd' (only leave 'ukb'  
in).  I don't know exactly which is the correct one (you only have to  
disable a single line, IIRC), but might fix it.

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Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>