From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Nov 11 13:29:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mail.away.net (away.net [208.194.163.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37A9037B416 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 13:29:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (from driz@localhost) by mail.away.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fABLTPV52497 for freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 16:29:25 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from driz) Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 16:29:24 -0500 From: David Friedman To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.1.7 FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011111162924.A52144@mail> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from kwoody@citytel.net on Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 12:53:49PM -0800 X-Info: http://www.away.net/ X-Uptime: 4:18PM up 16 days, 18:20, 3 users, load averages: 0.19, 0.12, 0.07 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Keith Woodworth (kwoody@citytel.net) wrote: > > Folks...weve had a 2.1.7 machine colo'd here for a few years (3 days shy > of 500 days of uptime) and most of that time it has not had a > monitor/keyboard plugged into it. (just ssh in all the time) > > Few weeks ago I rearranged the equipment room and plugged in a > keyboard/monitor but the console wont respond to keyboard. Last time I > used a keyboard on this machine was probably about a year ago to change > the IP of the NIC and a few other things. Unplugged the keyboard and its > sat in the corner and hummed away ever since. Even then it had at least > 200 days of uptime w/no keyboard plugged in before I made the IP change. > > Is there a process I can maybe HUP to get to the keyboar to work? Or do I > need a complete reboot? > > THanks, > Keith > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message Do you remember if the keyboard was plugged in when you initially booted the machine up? It's not generally a good idea to plug the keyboard in while the computer is on. I suggest shutting down first. (No, I'm not aware of any process to HUP to get it to work.) -- David Friedman - http://www.away.net/ Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" BSD: "Are you guys coming or what?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message