Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:15:51 -0700 From: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org> To: jon@witchspace.com Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question related to FreeBSD Serial Console... Message-ID: <20030912001551.GK64655@roark.gnf.org> In-Reply-To: <1706.192.168.0.20.1062501531.squirrel@webmail.witchspace.com> References: <3F53D645.2040501@freebsd.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20030902103001.0217e758@gid.co.uk> <1706.192.168.0.20.1062501531.squirrel@webmail.witchspace.com>
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--fNagykWcDoSVAmSd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:18:51PM +0100, jon@witchspace.com wrote: > Hiya >=20 >=20 > > Unfortunately, many motherboards (BIOSs?) won't initialise a PS/2 keybo= ard > > interface unless a keyboard is connected at boot time, so if you plug i= n a > > keyboard subsequently it won't work. Nothing the OS can do in this case= (I > > believe), and yes it's a PITA. >=20 > Keyboard and mouse manufacturers usually give dire warnings about plugging > in PS/2 devices when the machine is powered up, maybe that's the reason > why. I've personally killed about 5 keyboards this way. I don't recommend hot plugging PS/2 keyboards. -gordon --fNagykWcDoSVAmSd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/YRA3Ru2t9DV9ZfsRAg0sAJ9QHdJ3i861TQe112mgNxbDz+ZcHgCgzrHV 8AKKQOigrdyySpqzb4kF8UY= =icY+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fNagykWcDoSVAmSd--
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