From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 12 17:18:04 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22D7016A400 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:18:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from the.lists@mgm51.com) Received: from oneyou.mcmli.com (oneyou.mcmli.com [216.194.67.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6C8113C4AD for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:18:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from the.lists@mgm51.com) Received: from sentry.24cl.com (c-71-234-149-35.hsd1.ct.comcast.net [71.234.149.35]) by oneyou.mcmli.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0A925B86 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:51:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from xpmmiller (unknown [63.119.50.11]) by sentry.24cl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 117B8274ED4 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:51:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <200704121251230164.005A651D@sentry.24cl.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Courier 3.50.00.00.1081 (http://www.rosecitysoftware.com) (P) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:51:23 -0400 From: "MikeM" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: adding keyboard after reboot with no keyboard ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:18:04 -0000 On 4/10/2007 at 11:55 AM Marc G. Fournier wrote: |-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- |Hash: SHA1 | | |I hate it when a subject doesn't easily present itself ... but ... | |Is there something that I'm missing, such that if I add a keyboard to a |server |*after* rebooting it with no keyboard, that will have that keyboard |recognized? | |Basically, I have several remote servers, with no keyboards, but if I need |a |tech to check something on the console (ie. the ethernet went down for |some |reason), when they plug a keyboard back in again, there is no signal until |they |actually power cycle the machine ... which of course, is too late to do |any |diagnosis :( ============= Configure a serial console? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole- setup.html