Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 19:02:30 -0600 From: Justin <freebsd-stable@ziz.org> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keyboard question Message-ID: <20020906010230.GA6862@ziz.org> In-Reply-To: <20020905175432.E50308@ffwd.cx> References: <20020905175432.E50308@ffwd.cx>
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This is, in fact, an issue with the way PS/2 keyboards work; I'm not sure of all the technical details, but basically they have a timer chip in them that is required by the motherboard to work properly; modern machines that can run headless will redirect at an internal chip if there is no keyboard attached, but it requires resetting the keyboard bus (i.e. rebooting) to get it to switch from the non-keyboard to the keyboard. A USB keyboard, or a keyboard emulator box that will plug into the PS/2 port and act like a keyboard until you plug a real keyboard into it, is probably your best bet. -Justin On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 05:54:32PM -0700, Skye Poier wrote: > Hello, quick question... > > After I boot up my server, sometimes I would like to hook up a keyboard > and monitor to run some commands. However the keyboard will not work > unless it was booted with it connected, and I would rather not leave it > this way in the rack. > > Is this a problem with the keyboard, the mobo, or FreeBSD? > Or a combination of the above? > > I'm using FreeBSD 4.6.2, Intel L440GX+ mobo, Logitech 'deluxe access' > keyboard (ps/2 connector) > > Thanks, > Skye > > PS: I'm using memtest86 to do some burn-in testing, _great_ program > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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