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Gordon Tetlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: I've personally killed about 5 keyboards this way. I don't recommend hot
: plugging PS/2 keyboards.
PS/2 keyboards and mice are not hot pluggable. Mechanical switches do
not meet the spec, but are less bad than
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:18:51PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hiya
Unfortunately, many motherboards (BIOSs?) won't initialise a PS/2 keyboard
interface unless a keyboard is connected at boot time, so if you plug in a
keyboard subsequently it won't work. Nothing the OS can do in
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:18:51PM +0100 I heard the voice of
[EMAIL PROTECTED], and lo! it spake thus:
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 think it's more because the
On 01-Sep-03 Unnamed Administration sources reported Scott Long said :
Scott M. Likens wrote:
I have a question related to FreeBSD Serial console,
I am aware you can use -Dh for both internal and serial, but is it
possible to see the 'kernel' boot messages sent on both the serial
My notes on getting a serial console at 115200
-must be com1
-com1 must be at port 0x3F8 irq 4
-in bios set the port and irq as above
-in bios set serial redirection to com1
-in bios set baud rate 115200
-in bios set RTS/CTS flow control
-edit (or create) /etc/make.conf to add these lines:
Aaron Wohl wrote:
My notes on getting a serial console at 115200
-must be com1
-com1 must be at port 0x3F8 irq 4
-in bios set the port and irq as above
-in bios set serial redirection to com1
-in bios set baud rate 115200
-in bios set RTS/CTS flow control
-edit (or create) /etc/make.conf to add
*SIGH*
No what I want is NO serial console. DO NOT FOR ANY REASON turn off/not resp
ond to the keyboard port
Nicole
On 01-Sep-03 Unnamed Administration sources reported Scott Long said :
Aaron Wohl wrote:
My notes on getting a serial console at 115200
-must be com1
-com1 must be at
On Sep 1, 2003, at 6:36 PM, Nicole wrote:
*SIGH*
No what I want is NO serial console. DO NOT FOR ANY REASON turn
off/not resp
ond to the keyboard port
-Dh means both keyboard and serial console... what's the problem? And
please
stop shouting.
Dave
Nicole
On 01-Sep-03 Unnamed
On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 05:29:09PM -0600, Scott Long wrote:
At one time I was working on patches to the loader to make the console
speed configurable. At the time, at least, I didn't see any evidence
that the settings were stored in the boot0 block, but maybe I was wrong.
AFAIK, the boot0
I don't believe that I responded to your email, so I'm not sure why you
are shouting at me.
Figuring out what the Right Thing is for handling disconnected keyboards
seems to be highly debatable. Until someone comes along and solves the
problem the way that you want it, one workaround to
John Birrell wrote:
On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 05:29:09PM -0600, Scott Long wrote:
At one time I was working on patches to the loader to make the console
speed configurable. At the time, at least, I didn't see any evidence
that the settings were stored in the boot0 block, but maybe I was wrong.
If you do try a USB keyboard be sure and test reboot -d (make a kernel
core). On the intel servers I have reboot -d (or any panic) causes the
kernel to lockup forever. In the routine where it writes out kernel
dumps it pools for a control-c hit on the console that routine (poll for
a char) turns
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 16:13, Nicole wrote:
On 01-Sep-03 Unnamed Administration sources reported Scott Long said :
Scott M. Likens wrote:
I have a question related to FreeBSD Serial console,
I am aware you can use -Dh for both internal and serial, but is it
possible to see the 'kernel
Scott Long wrote:
Scott M. Likens wrote:
I have a question related to FreeBSD Serial console,
I am aware you can use -Dh for both internal and serial, but is it
possible to see the 'kernel' boot messages sent on both the serial and
the console?
It was a question that was asked to me
David Leimbach wrote:
On Sep 1, 2003, at 6:36 PM, Nicole wrote:
*SIGH*
No what I want is NO serial console. DO NOT FOR ANY REASON turn
off/not resp
ond to the keyboard port
-Dh means both keyboard and serial console... what's the problem? And
please
stop shouting.
man 8 boot:
About the original question: multiple consoles in the kernel are
unsupported in FreeBSD-4 but are standard in -current. Unfortunately,
their implementation is slightly incomplete even in -current. In
-current, you get them by booting with -D after booting using the
kern.console sysctl. The
Hi,
At 00:36 2/9/03, Nicole wrote:
*SIGH*
No what I want is NO serial console. DO NOT FOR ANY REASON turn off/not resp
ond to the keyboard port
Unfortunately, many motherboards (BIOSs?) won't initialise a PS/2 keyboard
interface unless a keyboard is connected at boot time, so if you plug in a
Hiya
Unfortunately, many motherboards (BIOSs?) won't initialise a PS/2 keyboard
interface unless a keyboard is connected at boot time, so if you plug in a
keyboard subsequently it won't work. Nothing the OS can do in this case (I
believe), and yes it's a PITA.
Keyboard and mouse
On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 01:33, Bruce Evans wrote:
About the original question: multiple consoles in the kernel are
unsupported in FreeBSD-4 but are standard in -current. Unfortunately,
their implementation is slightly incomplete even in -current. In
-current, you get them by booting with -D
On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 05:29:09PM -0600, Scott Long wrote:
At one time I was working on patches to the loader to make the console
speed configurable. At the time, at least, I didn't see any evidence
that the settings were stored in the boot0 block, but maybe I was wrong.
In any case,
I have a question related to FreeBSD Serial console,
I am aware you can use -Dh for both internal and serial, but is it
possible to see the 'kernel' boot messages sent on both the serial and
the console?
It was a question that was asked to me by a client, and after
researching it more, it seems
On Sep 1, 2003, at 2:47 PM, Scott M. Likens wrote:
I have a question related to FreeBSD Serial console,
I am aware you can use -Dh for both internal and serial, but is it
possible to see the 'kernel' boot messages sent on both the serial
and
the console?
If your BIOS supports serial port
Scott M. Likens wrote:
I have a question related to FreeBSD Serial console,
I am aware you can use -Dh for both internal and serial, but is it
possible to see the 'kernel' boot messages sent on both the serial and
the console?
It was a question that was asked to me by a client, and after
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