Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 01:10:13 -0500 From: "Steve Ireland" <stevei@black-star.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?! Message-ID: <038c01c4109d$858a4dc0$1a01a8c0@blackstar.net> References: <405FC8A6.5040708@users.sourceforge.net><16479.52259.349047.251508@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <405FCE37.5060104@users.sourceforge.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob" <nospam@users.sourceforge.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 00:42 Subject: Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?! > > Robert Huff wrote: > > > >> For some reason, I needed to borrow the keyboard from my FreeBSD > >> PC (running 4.9 STABLE). So I disconnected the keyboard. > >> > >> When I reconnected it some time later, the system refused to use > >> the keyboard. Key hits were totally ignored. > > > > > > Is the keyboard USB or PS/2? > > Sorry, forgot to mention this. > Yes, it is PS/2. Both, mouse and keyboard are. > > Is there really no way to let FreeBSD reinitialize the keyboard? > Is a reboot the only way to go when the PS/2 keyboard has been > unplugged? > > Regards, > Rob. This is a PS/2 thing, not an operating system thing. You really can fry your motherboard plugging and unplugging PS/2 devices while the system is powered up. Regards, Steve
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