From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 4 07:26:18 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA25955 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 07:26:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dsinw.com (dsinw.com [207.149.40.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA25950 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 07:26:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hamellr@dsinw.com) Received: (from hamellr@localhost) by dsinw.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) id HAA09806; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 07:20:56 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 07:20:56 -0800 (PST) From: rick hamell To: Marc Giannoni cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Console Switchboxes In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I keep 'loosing the keyboard' when switching the console between > several PC systems using a cheapo console switchbox. I've seen > expensive switchboxes which simulate a keyboard being attached > to every system, but these things are much more $$. Try to find one with the keyboard reset switch, they're a little better. > Is there a way to make this work with some software or console > configs? Why does the keyboard die like this anyway? It's a bug in the TX chipset. (I assume TX, the problem is most prevalent there.) It's a hardware issue and is totally unrelated to FreeBSD in any way. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message