From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 10 15:10:42 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 534D716A404 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:10:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-227-250.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1D6213C46E for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:10:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.8/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l3AFA7uZ086743; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:10:07 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20070410100710.025273c8@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:09:37 -0500 To: "Marc G. Fournier" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: adding keyboard after reboot with no keyboard ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:10:42 -0000 At 09:55 AM 4/10/2007, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > > >I hate it when a subject doesn't easily present itself ... but ... > >Is there something that I'm missing, such that if I add a keyboard to a >server >*after* rebooting it with no keyboard, that will have that keyboard >recognized? > >Basically, I have several remote servers, with no keyboards, but if I need a >tech to check something on the console (ie. the ethernet went down for some >reason), when they plug a keyboard back in again, there is no signal until >they >actually power cycle the machine ... which of course, is too late to do any >diagnosis :( > >Thx ... This is a limitation of the hardware in the keyboards and the motherboards. The only solution I have found is to use a KVM switch which keeps the keyboard and mouse ports active during bootups. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.