Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 16:33:51 -0700 From: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> To: Mike Burgett <mburgett@awen.com> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, "tlambert2@mindspring.com" <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, "current@FreeBSD.ORG" <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: 2nd data point for keyboard probes (was Re: FreeBSD's aggressive keyboard probe/attach) Message-ID: <20010812163350.B71659@rand.tgd.net> In-Reply-To: <200108122138.f7CLcPBb021076@dragon.awen.com>; from "mburgett@awen.com" on Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at = 02:38:25PM References: <15222.44015.177885.83834@nomad.yogotech.com> <200108122138.f7CLcPBb021076@dragon.awen.com>
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--VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > I've seen the 'have to be on the machine while booting' behavior > using a Belkin Omniview Pro switch, which oddly, wasn't a problem > with their OmniCube switch, at least not with my machines. Windows > had as much, or more problems with not having the console on the > booting machine as fbsd though. Again, this is only my (one) data > point. Make that two data points, I don't think you're alone in this observation. > I finally got fed up with the Belkin, because *windows* keep losing > it's mouse (or instead of just losing it, it would start sending > what appeared to be random button-press events for tracking events...) > and broke down and bought a Raritan KVM. You mean you got tired of the "Ctl+esc, Up arrow, Enter, Enter" key sequence to get the mouse back? I wonder why.... ;~) None the less, having to have the console active for the system while the BIOS && OS probe the keyboard is a pain when managing a large number of systems. = =20 We eventually made a policy that required the use of a laptop + serial cable anyone when you went to one of the data centers to do some administration of the systems (downtime for a keyboard wasn't an option). -sc --=20 Sean Chittenden --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> iEYEARECAAYFAjt3El4ACgkQn09c7x7d+q1rzwCdFFPdS+WFH/4Uq5OBsx7Bv2Wl vysAn0NkYEwTylT8K6hEe3nN1erJ3e9i =Rk1b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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