From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 16 17:30:23 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07352106566C for ; Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:30:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Jessie.Xu@cryptologic.com) Received: from postoffice.cryptologic.com (postoffice.cryptologic.com [206.186.114.128]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAEE08FC1B for ; Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:30:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BLACKJACK.cryptologic.com ([10.3.2.219]) by postoffice.cryptologic.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o3GHUIlA017870; Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:30:19 -0400 (EDT) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:28:29 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20100416185019.17fecf15.freebsd@edvax.de> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: console no responding to key in. Thread-Index: AcrdhOk7C0npE5CTSd+TEpmoJs+1xwABSyOw References: <20100416162615.f007e1b0.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100416185019.17fecf15.freebsd@edvax.de> From: "Jessie Xu" To: "Polytropon" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: console no responding to key in. 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: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:30:23 -0000 Thanks. I will try to reboot to single user mode, change configuration to enable serial console.=20 Jessie Xu Unix Administrator jessie.xu@cryptologic.com desk phone: 416 545 1453 x 5618 Skype: Jessie.xu972 =20 -----Original Message----- From: Polytropon [mailto:freebsd@edvax.de]=20 Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 12:50 PM To: Jessie Xu Cc: Chuck Swiger; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: console no responding to key in. On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:20:46 -0400, "Jessie Xu" wrote: > But I have some of consoles did work - response the key in after the=20 > keyboard pluged in after. This could be a configuration topic. In /etc/ttys you can intendedly disable consoles (virtual terminals). If this has been the case, trying to login locally won't work. You could try to boot the system from a live CD or DVD to check the configuration. If you can reboot the machines, try to enter into single user mode. In this case, local console login usually is enabled, but it may require the root password. See "man 5 ttys" for possible details. > This is important. Almost all the servers in rack don't have keyboard=20 > collected unless we need to login to console. As it has been mentioned, connecting a PS/2 keyboard to a running machine can be a really bad idea - even causing a defect of the PS/2 keyboard connectors. And with USB, you're mostly unlucky on FreeBSD 4 machines due to the lack of kbdmux / automatisms like via devd. > I couldn't plug in the keyboard then reboot the server to get access=20 > to the console. If configured properly, it should be sufficient to press the power key to initiate a controlled system shutdown. This should give you the chance to try SUM or a live CD. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...