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Date:      Thu, 27 Feb 2003 22:57:12 +0100
From:      "Harald Schmalzbauer" <H@Schmalzbauer.de>
To:        "Eric Veraart" <eric@monkey-online.net>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Headless server needs atkbd, atkbdc and vga
Message-ID:  <COEPJCIGIIIGNLPOKJMDEEPFCPAA.H@Schmalzbauer.de>
In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030227220537.047aaf80@mail.monkey-online.net>

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owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How come a custom kernel build, for a server without a keyboard or
> monitor, fails when atkbd0, atkbdc0 and vga0 are not in the kernel
> config? Somehow some parts of the kernel needs functions from one of
> these. But I don't have a keyboard nor monitor available on my

You probably habe the syscons in your kernel conf. If you tell the
system that you want to have a cons it needs this stuff.
Just remove "device sc0" if you really want to operate only via serial.
AFAIK pcvt doesn't need them, but only a guess.

Best regards,

-Harry

> server. I guess the thought never crossed someone's mind that someone
> had such a config :) But with the rise of blade servers I think this
> is something people should keep in mind.
>
> Greetings,
> Eric
>
>
>
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