PS/2 Keyboard on Intel Board

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Albert Stefanov

I have an Intel DG35EC board.
I can use USB keyboards but not PS/2 ones.
I can't even start the installer with PS/2 keyboard.
I can press Enter while the bootloader from the CD shows but then it stops working.
How to fix this?

I'm trying to install FreeBSD 11.2.
 
Hi,

Just a shot in the dark here, but are there any settings in your motherboard BIOS with an option for USB Emulation or similar setting? I had an older Intel board a few years back with the option. It had to be turned off for a PS/2 keyboard to work past the boot loader. This was with FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE however so I don't know if this it still valid on newer releases of FreeBSD.
 
What is "FreeBSD 11.2" exactly? FreeBSD 11 is not out yet as an official release, the head branch aka 11-CURRENT is there but it doesn't use any minor versions in its version numbers.
 
protocelt said:
Hi,

Just a shot in the dark here, but are there any settings in your motherboard BIOS with an option for USB Emulation or similar setting? I had an older Intel board a few years back with the option. It had to be turned off for a PS/2 keyboard to work past the boot loader. This was with FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE however so I don't know if this it still valid on newer releases of FreeBSD.
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Yes, it has and it's enabled. I'll try disabling and running the installer again.

kpa said:
What is "FreeBSD 11.2" exactly? FreeBSD 11 is not out yet as an official release, the head branch aka 11-CURRENT is there but it doesn't use any minor versions in its version numbers.
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I don't know. I have downloaded it from the official server (http://freebsd.org) some time ago. I'll install the official 10.1 version after following the tip for disabling USB emulation.

EDIT: Disabled USB Legacy, after connecting the USB Keyboard it's detected as kbd2 and ukbd1. Using the 10.1-RELEASE disk1. The PS/2 keyboard works but can't send anything to the computer. (pressing the scroll/caps lock on the USB one lights up the revelant LED on the legacy one)
 
Hi,

Did you have both a USB as well as a PS/2 keyboard attached while booting? If so, try booting with the PS/2 keyboard only with the BIOS USB Legacy setting off.
 
I boot with the PS/2 keyboard attached only. I've connected the USB keyboard after the PS/2 one stopped working and it was detected as kbd2. The PS/2 is detected and accepts when the Num/Scroll/Caps lock is pressed from the USB one.
 
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That's very odd. Unfortunately I no longer have any PS/2 devices around to test so I'm not sure what else to offer, sorry. This seems like a bug to me however. If no one else has any ideas you can try asking this question on the FreeBSD mailing list and/or file a Bug Report.
 
Thank you for the information, I can alternatively use the USB keyboard but it hasn't a numeric pad which makes me type slower. I can file a bug report and wait for an answer.
 
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