Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 05:27:50 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Nowlin <mike@argos.org> To: Jesper Skriver <jesper@skriver.dk> Cc: Robert <robert@chalmers.com.au>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: uh oh - after 4 -> 4.2 cvsup, no keyboard. any ideas? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0102040522010.24888-100000@jason.argos.org> In-Reply-To: <20010204112503.E71706@skriver.dk>
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> > anyway, now - although the system boots fine, I only have keyboard up to > > where I can interrupt the boot. At that state - pre-boot I suppose - I have > > keyboard. If I then do the full boot, I have no keyboard. A mouse sure? but > > a dead keyboard. Now this is pretty useless :-) > > > > So I wondered if anyone had any good ideas how I can get in and get my > > keyboard back - and maybe even what I should be fixing anyway? > > Get in via telnet/ssh given they are enabled. Get creative! Log in with cut & paste via your mouse and the boot message output on the screen! :) Have you tried a different keyboard? I've run across a few that get confused with various OS's at times - they work just fine, but go brain-dead during various init sequences... Or maybe pulling the plug on the kbd and putting it back in after boot - you sometimes have to do this a few times for the kbd to init correctly - hit Caps Lock a few times until the LED starts blinking. mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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