From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jan 3 13:25:53 2001 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 13:25:51 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from gekko.i-clue.de (server.ms-agentur.de [62.153.134.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BFA037B400 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 13:25:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from i-clue.de (automatix.i-clue.de [192.168.0.112]) by gekko.i-clue.de (8.9.3/8.9.3/SuSE Linux 8.9.3-0.1) with ESMTP id XAA06706; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 23:32:15 +0100 Message-ID: <3A539914.48E34811@i-clue.de> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 22:26:44 +0100 From: Christoph Sold Reply-To: christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de Organization: i-clue interactive X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [de] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: de MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Thorbj=F6rn?= Axelsson Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't reset keyboard? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thorbj=F6rn Axelsson schrieb: > = > I updatede my box from 4.2R to 4.2S yesterday and it won't reboot prope= rly > now (I use the 'reboot' command). > = > It shutdowns real nice without any problem but just when it's supposed = to > reboot it says something like "Can't reset keyboard, trying to reset CP= U" > and it just hangs so I have to press the reset button manually. This mi= ght > not sound to complicated but the fact is that it's a remote server and > it's a pain in the ass running over there (unlocking a bunch of doors o= n > the way) just to press the reset button. > = > At first I thought that it was something with my stripped down customiz= ed > kernel but I compiled GENERIC earlier today and it seems to have the sa= me > problem. > = > The computer is an old p100 and no keyboard is generally used with it > (only plugged in when emergencies) but it seems to have the problem whe= n > it's plugged in too. > = > Otherwise the box seems to function just great. Just speculating: PC hardware uses the keyboard controller to generate the reset pulse. On some older hardware, this fails. The CPU is not powerful enough to generate a clean reset pulse, too. You may either remove boards (thus reducing the load of the reset line), or replace the board. To put it short: It is a hardware problem I have seen in older PCs now and then. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message