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Date:      Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:42:15 +0900
From:      Rob <nospam@users.sourceforge.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!
Message-ID:  <405FCE37.5060104@users.sourceforge.net>
In-Reply-To: <16479.52259.349047.251508@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
References:  <405FC8A6.5040708@users.sourceforge.net> <16479.52259.349047.251508@jerusalem.litteratus.org>

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Robert Huff wrote:
> 
>> For some reason, I needed to borrow the keyboard from my FreeBSD
>> PC (running 4.9 STABLE). So I disconnected the keyboard.
>> 
>> When I reconnected it some time later, the system refused to use
>> the keyboard. Key hits were totally ignored.
> 
> 
> 	Is the keyboard USB or PS/2?

Sorry, forgot to mention this.
Yes, it is PS/2. Both, mouse and keyboard are.

Is there really no way to let FreeBSD reinitialize the keyboard?
Is a reboot the only way to go when the PS/2 keyboard has been
unplugged?

Regards,
Rob.



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