Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 21:32:54 -0500 (EST) From: Jason Hunt <leth@primus.ca> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.1.7 FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.40.0111132120400.44636-100000@lethargic.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20011113123351.Y67008@staff.msen.com>
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Do realize that this is more of a hardware issue than software. My experience with keyboards on PC's is like this; For AT keyboards (the bigger, older ones) the keyboard will not work if you boot the machine without a keyboard. As well, the keyboard will not work if you unplug it and plug it back in, it will not work. I have been told that this is not true, but I have never seen the opposite of what I described to have happened. For PS2 keyboards (the smaller, news ones, that have the same connectors as PS2 mice) it will depend on the motherboard. With some [cheaper it seems] motherboards, the keyboard will not work if the machine is booted without a keyboard or if the keyboard is unplugged and re-inserted. With other [more expensive?] motherboards the keyboard works as normal if it is plugged in after the machine is booted, or if it is removed and re-inserted. The BIOS setting for if the machine should give an error on boot without a keyboard MAY have an effect on this, but I have never really cared too much. :) In my experience, Asus motherboards always let me unplug the keyboard and plug it in later. Gigabit and some other weird ones always seem to not recognize when the keyboard has been plugged in after the machine is booted. Mice are quite similar it seems as well. Just my two cents. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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