From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 6 06:17:04 2003 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 BA53416A4BF for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 06:17:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mgw-x4.nokia.com (mgw-x4.nokia.com [131.228.20.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 206CA43FAF for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 06:17:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mjj@isorauta.ntc.nokia.com) Received: from esvir04nok.ntc.nokia.com (esvir04nokt.ntc.nokia.com [172.21.143.36])h96DGet04007 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 16:16:43 +0300 (EET DST) Received: from esebh002.NOE.Nokia.com (unverified) by esvir04nok.ntc.nokia.com for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 16:16:40 +0300 Received: from isorauta.ntc.nokia.com ([172.22.105.162]) by esebh002.NOE.Nokia.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6139); Mon, 6 Oct 2003 16:16:39 +0300 Received: (qmail 4146 invoked by uid 500); 6 Oct 2003 13:16:39 -0000 Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 16:16:39 +0300 From: Mike Jackson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031006131639.GB3467@isorauta.ntc.nokia.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20031006033138.14059.qmail@web21307.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031006033138.14059.qmail@web21307.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Oct 2003 13:16:39.0880 (UTC) FILETIME=[13F49C80:01C38C0C] Subject: Re: Booting without keyboard. 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: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 13:17:04 -0000 ext hctan7@yahoo.com (hctan7@yahoo.com) wrote: > Hi, > > I have recently installed FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p10 on a Intel SE7501WV2 board. I am using a PS2 keyboard without mouse. It works fine. However, when i boot without the keyboard plugged into the system, it is not able to accept the keyboard when i plug in later. > > Is there a way to turn the keyboard always 'on' so that i can get it to work whenever i plug it in after the system is up and running. > Hi, You could try a USB keyboard. I'm not sure if USB Hotplugging is working in FBSD or not, but it *should* work theoretically. I don't know of any systems that allow PS/2 hotplugging. BR, -- mike