Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:38:51 +0100 From: Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dead keyboards after boot with no keyboard Message-ID: <20030414113850.GB40512@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <20030414112952.GA5254@marvin.penguinpowered.org.uk> References: <20030414112952.GA5254@marvin.penguinpowered.org.uk>
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On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 12:29:52PM +0100, Wayne Pascoe wrote: > Hi all, > > We have a problem with not being able to plug a keyboard into our > machines if they are booted without keyboards. > > We don't have a KVM in our colo, and when our machines are booted, they > don't have keyboards plugged in. > > However, when we have a problem with a machine, we need to plug a > keyboard in. This is not recognised at all, and we have to powercycle > the machine, with no way of trying to shut down cleanly. > > Is there a fix to this ? Take a look at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html It goes through setting up a serial console - you should then be able to login using Hyperterm or other terminal emulator on a laptop, using a null modem cable. It works well for me. Dan -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \
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