Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 12:18:51 +0100 (BST) From: jon@witchspace.com To: "Bob Bishop" <rb@gid.co.uk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question related to FreeBSD Serial Console... Message-ID: <1706.192.168.0.20.1062501531.squirrel@webmail.witchspace.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20030902103001.0217e758@gid.co.uk> References: <3F53D645.2040501@freebsd.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20030902103001.0217e758@gid.co.uk>
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Hiya > Unfortunately, many motherboards (BIOSs?) won't initialise a PS/2 keyboard > interface unless a keyboard is connected at boot time, so if you plug in a > keyboard subsequently it won't work. Nothing the OS can do in this case (I > believe), and yes it's a PITA. Keyboard and mouse manufacturers usually give dire warnings about plugging in PS/2 devices when the machine is powered up, maybe that's the reason why. --Jon http://www.witchspace.com
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