Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:21:27 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding keyboard after reboot with no keyboard ... Message-ID: <54447320@srv.sem.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <DB1C681FBA350242795277B4@ganymede.hub.org> (Marc G. Fournier's message of "Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:55:19 -0300") References: <DB1C681FBA350242795277B4@ganymede.hub.org>
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On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:55:19 -0300 Marc G. Fournier wrote: > I hate it when a subject doesn't easily present itself ... but ... > Is there something that I'm missing, such that if I add a keyboard to a server > *after* rebooting it with no keyboard, that will have that keyboard recognized? > Basically, I have several remote servers, with no keyboards, but if I need a > tech to check something on the console (ie. the ethernet went down for some > reason), when they plug a keyboard back in again, there is no signal until they > actually power cycle the machine ... which of course, is too late to do any > diagnosis :( Adding to /boot/device.hints may help: ----- hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1" ----- WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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