From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 11 17:15:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E5E616A4BF for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:15:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns2.gnf.org (ns2.gnf.org [63.196.132.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6117A43FB1 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:15:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gtetlow@gnf.org) Received: from EXCHCLUSTER01.lj.gnf.org (exch02.lj.gnf.org [172.25.10.20]) by ns2.gnf.org (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h8C0Fpoq092491 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:15:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gtetlow@gnf.org) Received: from roark.gnf.org ([172.25.24.15]) by EXCHCLUSTER01.lj.gnf.org with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:15:54 -0700 Received: from roark.gnf.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by roark.gnf.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8C0FsaH077609; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:15:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gtetlow@gnf.org) Received: (from gtetlow@localhost) by roark.gnf.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8C0FpJB077608; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:15:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gtetlow) Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:15:51 -0700 From: Gordon Tetlow To: jon@witchspace.com Message-ID: <20030912001551.GK64655@roark.gnf.org> References: <3F53D645.2040501@freebsd.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20030902103001.0217e758@gid.co.uk> <1706.192.168.0.20.1062501531.squirrel@webmail.witchspace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fNagykWcDoSVAmSd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1706.192.168.0.20.1062501531.squirrel@webmail.witchspace.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Habeas-SWE-1: winter into spring X-Habeas-SWE-2: brightly anticipated X-Habeas-SWE-3: like Habeas SWE (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-4: Copyright 2002 Habeas (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-5: Sender Warranted Email (SWE) (tm). The sender of this X-Habeas-SWE-6: email in exchange for a license for this Habeas X-Habeas-SWE-7: warrant mark warrants that this is a Habeas Compliant X-Habeas-SWE-8: Message (HCM) and not spam. Please report use of this X-Habeas-SWE-9: mark in spam to . X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Sep 2003 00:15:55.0079 (UTC) FILETIME=[085D3D70:01C378C3] cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question related to FreeBSD Serial Console... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 00:15:56 -0000 --fNagykWcDoSVAmSd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:18:51PM +0100, jon@witchspace.com wrote: > Hiya >=20 >=20 > > Unfortunately, many motherboards (BIOSs?) won't initialise a PS/2 keybo= ard > > interface unless a keyboard is connected at boot time, so if you plug i= n a > > keyboard subsequently it won't work. Nothing the OS can do in this case= (I > > believe), and yes it's a PITA. >=20 > 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. I've personally killed about 5 keyboards this way. I don't recommend hot plugging PS/2 keyboards. -gordon --fNagykWcDoSVAmSd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/YRA3Ru2t9DV9ZfsRAg0sAJ9QHdJ3i861TQe112mgNxbDz+ZcHgCgzrHV 8AKKQOigrdyySpqzb4kF8UY= =icY+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fNagykWcDoSVAmSd--