From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Feb 4 2:25:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from freesbee.wheel.dk (freesbee.wheel.dk [193.162.159.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24CA937B401 for ; Sun, 4 Feb 2001 02:25:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by freesbee.wheel.dk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id AFDCB3E6B; Sun, 4 Feb 2001 11:25:03 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 11:25:03 +0100 From: Jesper Skriver To: Robert Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uh oh - after 4 -> 4.2 cvsup, no keyboard. any ideas? Message-ID: <20010204112503.E71706@skriver.dk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from robert@chalmers.com.au on Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 07:38:32PM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 07:38:32PM +1000, Robert wrote: > > > Did the cvsup from 4.0 to 4.2 fine. everything went ok. all the > makeworld/install/makedev and so on. Then ran ran 'mergemaster' and > basically created a disaster - Who wrote that arcane thing I ask! > > anyway, now - although the system boots fine, I only have keyboard up to > where I can interrupt the boot. At that state - pre-boot I suppose - I have > keyboard. If I then do the full boot, I have no keyboard. A mouse sure? but > a dead keyboard. Now this is pretty useless :-) > > So I wondered if anyone had any good ideas how I can get in and get my > keyboard back - and maybe even what I should be fixing anyway? Get in via telnet/ssh given they are enabled. What's wrong, I don't know, but have a look at /usr/src/UPDATING, it might say something. /Jesper -- Jesper Skriver, jesper(at)skriver(dot)dk - CCIE #5456 Work: Network manager @ AS3292 (Tele Danmark DataNetworks) Private: Geek @ AS2109 (A much smaller network ;-) One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message