That was the ticket, I can now get into ddb and type in it, and I can  
type in the root device :)

wsdisplay0 at vga0 kbdmux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wskbd0 at ukbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0


Sweet!

On Apr 29, 2005, at 3:49 PM, Lennart Augustsson wrote:

> The kernel will not use the serial console unless it's been
> told to in the config file.
>
> So the fact that just having pckbc is the config file makes
> the USB keyboard not be used console is really a bug, and I will
> fix it.  The pckbc_cnattach() function has an error code that
> tells if it managed to attach a console keyboard or not.  I'll
> try using that to determine if there is a PS/2 keyboard or not.
>
>     -- Lennart
>
> Chris Tribo wrote:
>
>> I'm building a kernel without pckbc to test with now.
>> Wouldn't that mean that serial console/debug console machines  
>> would  not have the console on the serial port be the system  
>> console as well?
>> On Apr 29, 2005, at 3:37 PM, Lennart Augustsson wrote:
>>
>>> Then I'm pretty sure your USB keyboard is not considered the  
>>> console.
>>> There must be no mention of pckbc in the kernel config file for the
>>> USB keyboard to be the console.  This is flaw, admittedly.
>>>
>>>     -- Lennart
>>>
>>> Chris Tribo wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I tried control-alt-escape as per the ddb man page and it  
>>>> didn't  work.
>>>> hw.cnmagic = \x27\x02
>>>> ddb.fromconsole = 1
>>>> On Apr 29, 2005, at 3:21 PM, Lennart Augustsson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Can you get into DDB after the system has started up?
>>>>> With the USB keyboard, I mean.
>>>>>
>>>>>     -- Lennart
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris Tribo wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Only:
>>>>>> Apr 29 09:10:26 atlantis /netbsd: wsdisplay0 at vga0 kbdmux  
>>>>>> 1:    console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>>>>>> which seems to be the case as far back as my logs go.
>>>>>> There's no mention of pckbdc or pckbd anything in the boot   
>>>>>> message...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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