Unable to use a PS/2 keyboard after a boot without it.

Jesper Wallin jesper at hackunite.net
Sun Aug 1 06:49:44 PDT 2004


Heya again..

Once again, thanks for all the replies.. Sure, you can "hotplug" the keyboards as long
as you booted the machine with a keyboard connected.. my point is, if I need to reboot
the server (and no, they're not in range of eachother), I need to get a keyboard,
connect it, ssh back in, reboot it.. then unplug the keyboard when the boot is
complete.. which is kind of annoying and shouldn't be needed imo..

I've removed the "0x1" flags in /boot/device.hints but I havn't had time to restart the
system and find out if it works.. but the last thing which leave me is the hope.. :-P

Regards,
Jesper Wallin

> 01/08/04 00:51:38, "Jesper Wallin" <jesper at hackunite.net> wrote:
>
>>Hello..
>>
>>I run a few FreeBSD machines at home (both 4.10 and 5.2.1) and if I boot them up
>>*without* having the PS/2 keyboard connected, I can't connect it later on.. My servers
>>usually runs without screen and keyboard, power and network cable is the only thing
>>needed. :) But when I need to change something (like, take them down to
>>single-user-mode), then I need to reconnect the keyboard, reboot the machine and THEN I
>>can use the keyboard..
>
> If the machines are within reach of each other a kvm (keyboard video mouse) switch works
> well. You can get a passive switch or a fancy electronic one. The electronic
> one mimics the devices plugged in and allows booting a machine which is not selected.
> With the passive one you must select the machine you want to boot. I have a
> passive one and switch between various operating systems and between AT and PS2 type
> motherboards.
>
> At one place I used to work we booted machines with a keyboard plugged in but otherwise
> moved the few keyboards around between running machines according to
> need.
>
> Chris
>



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