Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 18:08:05 -0600 (MDT) From: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: no keyboard Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105051800080.95873-100000@beastie.saturn-tech.com> In-Reply-To: <20010505121008.E18676@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Sat, 5 May 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > i have never killed a keyboard with un / plugging. > > > at linux it works. > > Well, it works, until your keyboard does actually break :) > > It can actually fry the entire motherboard. I doubt linux can > prevent that. > > FreeBSD 4.3 allows hotswap again. Hehe... I've never burned a MB or keyboard in the > 1000 times I've done it, although I've had to reboot a few because the keyboard controller didn't wake up properly. :) I've had dead-ish keyboards that won't allow a machine to boot if plugged in when booting, but work fine if plugged in afterwards. (I've got a nice rackmount Netframe keyboard/trackball that does this. What a pain. I'd like to be able to use that keyboard!) It could be handy sometimes to have a widget to run that would totally re-initialize the keyboard controller. Most often I'd find this handy to re-enable a PS/2 mouse after inadvertantly disconnecting it. I hate to reboot server machines that have been up for hundreds of days because I can't use the KB or mouse. (Not that I often use a KB or mouse on any server machines... but it has happened more than once.) Besides... It's not as bad as hot-swapping ISA cards. When I first got my Microsoft InPort Bus Mouse (with Windows 286) years and years ago, I used to often move it between my BBS machine and my development machine every few minutes when I was building some of the ANSI screens, etc. Occasionally I had to go to DOS and re-enable the mouse driver, but it actually worked because the card was so simple. :) Not recommended. Yes, I am crazy. Later...... <Dog> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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