From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 18 12:31:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.tecdigital.net (tecdigital.tol.itesm.mx [132.254.97.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E05C437B417 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:31:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 57688 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2001 19:31:25 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO Compilar) (madd@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 18 Sep 2001 19:31:25 -0000 Message-ID: <000501c14078$b3925750$1ea5190a@Compilar> From: "mario" To: "Mark" , "'Robin Becker'" , References: <000301c14078$058f86f0$0200000a@redmond.corp.microsoft.com> Subject: Re: How to get console keyboard going Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:32:49 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG From blackbox, I bought some keyboard emulators that let you plug and unplug keyboards without risking your motherboard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" To: "'Robin Becker'" ; Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 2:27 PM Subject: RE: How to get console keyboard going > > I think you have to reboot. > > I do the same thing in a server I run here -- I'll configure it, > and then reboot it without a keyboard, etc ... Now, the problem is, > when the BIOS boots and sees that there is no keyboard attached, it sets > itself to "No Keyboard Attached". Net result is that FreeBSD doesn't > detect it on boot, install the devices, etc ... Even if you plug a > keyboard in, FreeBSD and the BIOS are set to "no keyboard" mode, so > you're SOL. > > One thing that DOES work is to boot with keyboard (so both the > bios and freebsd think you've got one), and THEN unplug, but I have > serious concerns about that wrecking the motherboard (I've never had it > happen in the past, but I'm not willing to risk important servers on > good luck), so I don't do it. > > marc. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Robin Becker > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 10:11 AM > To: questions@freeBSD.ORG > Subject: How to get console keyboard going > > > I run our server 4.2 stable without a keyboard or monitor. I'm being > attacked by IIS exploiting scriptoids and having a hard time logging in > using ssh. > > When I connect the monitor I see messages, but can't seem to get the > keyboard to have any effect. > > Is there some magic I can do to get the keyboard working? > -- > Robin Becker > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message