Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:44:40 -0500 (EST) From: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gabby.gsicomp.on.ca> To: Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?! Message-ID: <20040323134234.T81524@gabby.gsicomp.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <200403231909.08496.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> References: <405FC8A6.5040708@users.sourceforge.net> <1080024938.670.25.camel@ovirt.dyndns.ws> <200403231909.08496.peter.schuller@infidyne.com>
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On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Peter Schuller wrote: > Hello, > > sorry for butting in late here, but this keyboard plugging issue has been a > pet peeve of mine for quite a while. > > > But of course, the best solution to this whole hot-plugging issue is this: > > > > BUY ANOTHER KEYBOARD OR MOUSE. > > > > What you would rather do? Buy a $20 keyboard/mouse or a $150+ > > motherboard? > > > > Heck, you can buy cheap 4-port KVMs for under $200 these days too. > > That argument just doesn't hold in home environments or low-budget colo > environments. If you're low-budget, buy another keyboard! > In short - it may seem like a trival problem but it's helluva annoying > and can easily lead to serious problems both at home and in colocation > environments. I'm very surprised FreeBSD doesn't handle this by default > out of the box. FreeBSD should not be working around user's bad practices. It has *always* been a bad idea to hot-plug PS/2 peripherals, and until USB is the norm, will continue to be the case. -- Matt Emmerton
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