From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 15 13:17:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA16820 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 13:17:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from stgenesis.org (stgenesis.org [199.3.232.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA16812 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 13:17:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (from freebsd@localhost) by stgenesis.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) id OAA15144; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 14:53:57 -0600 Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 14:53:56 -0600 (CST) From: Leigh Gaffney To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Looking fo a keyboard? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Doug White wrote: > On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Leigh Gaffney wrote: > > > Everytime I reboot I have to have that dern keyboard attached. The > > kernel is probing for it but I cannot remember at what address. I don't > > have easy access to the machine so I can't see for myself. But the > > machine hangs until you plug in a keyboard. It is disabled at the BIOS > > and that's not where it's hanging at all. It's definately something in > > the 2.1.0-RELEASE kernel that's looking for it. Anyone know what this > > is? I'd really like to be able to reboot my machine here remotely but > > find it impossible to do. Any ideas? > > I don't know, syscons? Your system is pretty useless w/o a keyboard. It's a server connected via ethernet to our network, doesn't need a keyboard to remotely run - telnet is all I need. -leigh