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Date:      Tue, 4 Nov 2008 06:42:46 -0800
From:      Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Johan Hendriks <Johan@double-l.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Slow swith between console (ALT - Fx) proliant DL160
Message-ID:  <20081104144246.GA50265@icarus.home.lan>
In-Reply-To: <57200BF94E69E54880C9BB1AF714BBCB5DE207@w2003s01.double-l.local>
References:  <57200BF94E69E54880C9BB1AF714BBCB5DE207@w2003s01.double-l.local>

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On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 03:36:51PM +0100, Johan Hendriks wrote:
> Hello all
> I have a small issue when i switch between my console?s on a proliant DL160 G5 machine.
> It has a time gap from around 1 to 2 seconds and then it will switch to the next console after pressing ALT - F2
> 
> Do I need to set something in my loader.conf or sysctl.conf?

Chances are you're using a USB keyboard.  Place the following in
/boot/loader.conf and reboot the machine:

hint.kbdmux.0.disabled="1"

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