Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 17:08:10 +0000 From: Greg MATTHEWS <G.Matthews@cs.ucl.ac.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Keyboard detection in 4.2-RELEASE, 4.2-STABLE Message-ID: <8106.981565690@cs.ucl.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Feb 2001 12:07:28 EST." <006c01c09128$735f2af0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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would i be right in assuming that freebsd works like other unixen (sunos/solaris in my exp) in that booting without k/b forces the i/o through the console (serial) port. therefore plugging a kb in has no effect. i second what matt said too. GREG > > Now we find that if a server is rebooted without the keyboard > > connected when it boots, if we plug in a keyboard after the > > fact it doesn't work. If the keyboard is connected at boot time, > > it can be unplugged and plugged back in without any problem. > > You shouldn't be hot-plugging keyboards!! I've destroyed two keyboards and > keyboard controllers (motherboards) by doing this. > > You really have two options - purchase a keyboard for each system and leave > them plugged in (PS/2-style keyboards can be had for less than CAD$15 each) > or purchase a KVM. third option... use serial consoles. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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