Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 22:53:14 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: David Preece <davep@afterswish.com> Cc: Paul Halliday <dp@penix.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KB problemo. Message-ID: <200012230553.WAA28331@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 23 Dec 2000 12:52:39 %2B1300." <5.0.0.25.1.20001223123756.01afe2a0@pop3.i4free.co.nz> References: <5.0.0.25.1.20001223123756.01afe2a0@pop3.i4free.co.nz>
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In message <5.0.0.25.1.20001223123756.01afe2a0@pop3.i4free.co.nz> David Preece writes: : At 17:00 22/12/00 -0500, you wrote: : >On a reboot I get : >beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, then keyboard not found or keyboard error. So, yes : >as mentioned just recently on this list, hard switches are _BAD_. : : So the keyboard controller's toast, is that what we're saying? Presumably : you've tried connecting the keyboard directly to eliminate the all too real : possiblity that it's the switch that's broken? I've found that when the keyboard controller goes like this, it usually isn't the keyboard controller per se. On my older 486 machines I have seen this many time, but swapping out the 8242 keyboard controller chip doesn't seem to help.... : Configuring FreeBSD to run headless is a FAQ on -small, and consequently I : did a page about it that's hosted in half a dozen places.... none of which : I can remember. Search the archive on -small for "headless" and you'll be : there. echo -h > /boot.config Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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