Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:15:24 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Jessie Xu <Jessie.Xu@cryptologic.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: console no responding to key in. Message-ID: <F1A3A6A2-70A8-4D2C-BFA9-1ADA578268E9@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <D751E6500ECA284380F03CED520237EB01A9F394@BLACKJACK.cryptologic.com> References: <D751E6500ECA284380F03CED520237EB01A9F394@BLACKJACK.cryptologic.com>
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On Apr 15, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Jessie Xu wrote: > I must fix the problem since I need console login with root. Any insight > on this? thanks. Our machines are Dell PowerEdge 2650 (2U rack mountable) , come with > Video port, PS2 keyboard/Mouse ports, and two Serial ports. -- I also > tried the serial ports for console access, no lucky. PS/2 isn't a hot-pluggable interface. On older hardware, you can blow a fuse on the motherboard by trying to do so while the machine is on, although newer equipment uses a polyfuse (aka PPTC or resettable fuse) to avoid permanent damage. If there was no keyboard there initially, then the hardware may never attempt to use one added later, short of a power-cycle. In such cases, trying a USB keyboard instead might work better. Regards, -- -Chuck
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