Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 13:41:33 -0400 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Keyboard reset question Message-ID: <000201c11143$37584fa0$0e00000a@tomcat> In-Reply-To: <20010720122351.B18262@acadia.ne.mediaone.net>
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> -----Original Message----- > On 07/20/01 10:15 AM, User & Ian Patrick Thomas sat at the `puter > and typed: > > check out man atkbd. It appears that by default, FreeBSD > doesn't care > > if there is a keyboard attached, so you should be o.k. The > driver for one > > will be loaded anyway. > > Hmm. So why does the keyboard come up dead if I boot the machine > while the switch is on another system? I'll make sure I read that > manpage in depth. > > I think I'll also check out the BIOS and see what gives there. It's my experience that this has to do with the fact that the system cannot find the keyboard at POST, so it boots without one and doesn't allow keyboard usage after the machine boots, as it figures that the machine doesn't have one. Try turning on the "Stop on all errors" switch in the BIOS, switch the keyboard switch to another machine, and reboot the affected system. It should halt once it detects that the keyboard is not there. This really isn't a FreeBSD issue, as far as I can tell. It's more of a "that's how the hardware was designed" issue... If you were using one of the more expensive "Smart" switches, this wouldn't happen as they emulate the keyboard BIOS responses. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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