From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 18 12:28: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from akira.lanfear.com (akira.lanfear.com [216.168.61.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3EC4D37B40F for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:28:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 85950 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2001 19:27:57 -0000 Received: from akira.lanfear.com (HELO lanfearhome) (216.168.61.84) by akira.lanfear.com with SMTP; 18 Sep 2001 19:27:57 -0000 From: "Mark" To: "'Robin Becker'" , Subject: RE: How to get console keyboard going Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:27:56 -0700 Message-ID: <000301c14078$058f86f0$0200000a@redmond.corp.microsoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 In-Reply-To: X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I think you have to reboot. I do the same thing in a server I run here -- I'll configure it, and then reboot it without a keyboard, etc ... Now, the problem is, when the BIOS boots and sees that there is no keyboard attached, it sets itself to "No Keyboard Attached". Net result is that FreeBSD doesn't detect it on boot, install the devices, etc ... Even if you plug a keyboard in, FreeBSD and the BIOS are set to "no keyboard" mode, so you're SOL. One thing that DOES work is to boot with keyboard (so both the bios and freebsd think you've got one), and THEN unplug, but I have serious concerns about that wrecking the motherboard (I've never had it happen in the past, but I'm not willing to risk important servers on good luck), so I don't do it. marc. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Robin Becker Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 10:11 AM To: questions@freeBSD.ORG Subject: How to get console keyboard going I run our server 4.2 stable without a keyboard or monitor. I'm being attacked by IIS exploiting scriptoids and having a hard time logging in using ssh. When I connect the monitor I see messages, but can't seem to get the keyboard to have any effect. Is there some magic I can do to get the keyboard working? -- Robin Becker To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message