From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 23 10:26:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E76716A4EA for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:26:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from gabby.gsicomp.on.ca (CPE00062566c7bb-CM000039c69a66.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [67.60.54.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14B1F43D46 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:26:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matt@gabby.gsicomp.on.ca) Received: from gabby.gsicomp.on.ca (matt@localhost.gsicomp.on.ca [127.0.0.1]) by gabby.gsicomp.on.ca (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2NIifpU081598; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:44:41 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matt@gabby.gsicomp.on.ca) Received: from localhost (matt@localhost)i2NIiePI081595; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:44:40 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matt@gabby.gsicomp.on.ca) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:44:40 -0500 (EST) From: Matthew Emmerton To: Peter Schuller In-Reply-To: <200403231909.08496.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> Message-ID: <20040323134234.T81524@gabby.gsicomp.on.ca> References: <405FC8A6.5040708@users.sourceforge.net> <1080024938.670.25.camel@ovirt.dyndns.ws> <200403231909.08496.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: ste@smxy.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 18:26:17 -0000 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