From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 22 21:53:24 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 22 21:53:22 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEEAD37B400 for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 21:53:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id eBN5rFs40189; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 22:53:15 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id WAA28331; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 22:53:14 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200012230553.WAA28331@harmony.village.org> To: David Preece Subject: Re: KB problemo. Cc: Paul Halliday , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 23 Dec 2000 12:52:39 +1300." <5.0.0.25.1.20001223123756.01afe2a0@pop3.i4free.co.nz> References: <5.0.0.25.1.20001223123756.01afe2a0@pop3.i4free.co.nz> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 22:53:14 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: imp@harmony.village.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <5.0.0.25.1.20001223123756.01afe2a0@pop3.i4free.co.nz> David Preece writes: : At 17:00 22/12/00 -0500, you wrote: : >On a reboot I get : >beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, then keyboard not found or keyboard error. So, yes : >as mentioned just recently on this list, hard switches are _BAD_. : : So the keyboard controller's toast, is that what we're saying? Presumably : you've tried connecting the keyboard directly to eliminate the all too real : possiblity that it's the switch that's broken? I've found that when the keyboard controller goes like this, it usually isn't the keyboard controller per se. On my older 486 machines I have seen this many time, but swapping out the 8242 keyboard controller chip doesn't seem to help.... : Configuring FreeBSD to run headless is a FAQ on -small, and consequently I : did a page about it that's hosted in half a dozen places.... none of which : I can remember. Search the archive on -small for "headless" and you'll be : there. echo -h > /boot.config Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message