From owner-freebsd-current Fri Mar 10 21: 8:55 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from peak.mountin.net (peak.mountin.net [207.227.119.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFF1737B9D6; Fri, 10 Mar 2000 21:08:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jeff-ml@mountin.net) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by peak.mountin.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) id XAA07590; Fri, 10 Mar 2000 23:08:37 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jeff-ml@mountin.net) Received: from dial-98.max1.wa.cyberlynk.net(207.227.118.98) by peak.mountin.net via smap (V1.3) id sma007588; Fri Mar 10 23:08:36 2000 Message-Id: <4.3.2.20000310225332.00aee220@207.227.119.2> X-Sender: jeff-ml@207.227.119.2 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3 Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 23:06:34 -0600 To: Ryan Thompson From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" Subject: Re: 4.0-20000307-CURRENT kern.flp keyboard probe questions Cc: Mike Smith , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <4.3.2.20000310202045.00b99ee0@207.227.119.2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 09:19 PM 3/10/00 -0600, Ryan Thompson wrote: >Me as well...For at least a decade. I used to do it manually all the >time, but had occasional glitches with funny scan codes and indicator >statuses. With a mid-range priced switch, though, I have had no problems >whatsoever. The only glitches I ever see are with a mouse. Tap me on the shoulder while my hand is on the mouse and it will seize. For my use at home there isn't a need for a switch. Could use one at times, but it's simple enough to swap around at need. Warner mentions static. As someone that builds up a good charge, it is always prudent to ground before (dis)connecting anything that is on or off. > > If/when this does change, wishing there will be a way to override back to > > the current behaviour. IMO, serial console should be explicitly called > for. > >Amen. If I can't boot a system to the local console without a keyboard, >that system isn't very useful. > >If the default DOES change, you should be able to change your boot.config >to remove the -P option. There have been a few times where I needed a video card from one system in another and ended up with a truly "headless" system with no other system near. Log in, shutdown, power off, pop in card, do what I need to do, and off with it's head. Mind I was waiting for some basic cards and didn't care to use a Matrox for 25X80. My dispute is more for the scrap systems I tinker around with at home. If someone else is paying the bill.... 8-) Jeff Mountin - jeff@mountin.net Systems/Network Administrator FreeBSD - the power to serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message