From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 14 04:38:59 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 76B2737B401 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 04:38:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from catflap.home.slightlystrange.org (pc1-cmbg1-4-cust43.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [62.253.133.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8807843F93 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 04:38:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@slightlystrange.org) Received: from danielby by catflap.home.slightlystrange.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1952IV-000Acn-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:38:51 +0100 Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:38:51 +0100 From: Daniel Bye To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030414113850.GB40512@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20030414112952.GA5254@marvin.penguinpowered.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030414112952.GA5254@marvin.penguinpowered.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Scanner: exiscan *1952IV-000Acn-00*tggvQHZ4qEE* (SlightlyStrange.org, Using NOD32 http://www.nod32.com) Subject: Re: Dead keyboards after boot with no keyboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: dan@slightlystrange.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 11:38:59 -0000 On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 12:29:52PM +0100, Wayne Pascoe wrote: > Hi all, > > We have a problem with not being able to plug a keyboard into our > machines if they are booted without keyboards. > > We don't have a KVM in our colo, and when our machines are booted, they > don't have keyboards plugged in. > > However, when we have a problem with a machine, we need to plug a > keyboard in. This is not recognised at all, and we have to powercycle > the machine, with no way of trying to shut down cleanly. > > Is there a fix to this ? Take a look at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html It goes through setting up a serial console - you should then be able to login using Hyperterm or other terminal emulator on a laptop, using a null modem cable. It works well for me. Dan -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \