Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 01:22:53AM -0500, Shaun T. Erickson typed: Steve Ireland wrote: This is a PS/2 thing, not an operating system thing. You really can fry your motherboard plugging and unplugging PS/2 devices while the system is powered up. I suppose it's possible, but I know I 've

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Matthew Emmerton
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Wayne Sierke wrote: On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 16:52, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: Steve Ireland wrote: This is a PS/2 thing, not an operating system thing. You really can fry your motherboard plugging and unplugging PS/2 devices while the system is powered up. I

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 01:10:13AM -0500, Steve Ireland wrote: snip This is a PS/2 thing, not an operating system thing. You really can fry your motherboard plugging and unplugging PS/2 devices while the system is powered up. Regards, Steve This is off-topic to the list, but I've been

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Peter Schuller
Hello, sorry for butting in late here, but this keyboard plugging issue has been a pet peeve of mine for quite a while. But of course, the best solution to this whole hot-plugging issue is this: BUY ANOTHER KEYBOARD OR MOUSE. What you would rather do? Buy a $20 keyboard/mouse or a $150+

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Matthew Emmerton
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Peter Schuller wrote: Hello, sorry for butting in late here, but this keyboard plugging issue has been a pet peeve of mine for quite a while. But of course, the best solution to this whole hot-plugging issue is this: BUY ANOTHER KEYBOARD OR MOUSE. What you

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Peter Schuller
On Tuesday 23 March 2004 19.44, Matthew Emmerton wrote: That argument just doesn't hold in home environments or low-budget colo environments. If you're low-budget, buy another keyboard! And have ten+ keyboards in the rack? At home? It's a pain. And even with ten keyboards it's a pain

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Chris Pressey
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:44:11 -0600 Nathan Kinkade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone on the list point me to a manufacturers site or documentation that unequivocally states in clear terms the real dangers of hotplugging a PS/2 device? How about

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread S. P.
On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 04:49:09PM -0800, Chris Pressey wrote: On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:44:11 -0600 Nathan Kinkade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone on the list point me to a manufacturers site or documentation that unequivocally states in clear terms the real dangers of hotplugging a

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Chuck McManis
At 08:44 AM 3/23/2004, Nathan Kinkade wrote: Can anyone on the list point me to a manufacturers site or documentation that unequivocally states in clear terms the real dangers of hotplugging a PS/2 device? Like some of the other people who have replied, in the past I have hot-plugged many a PS/2

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-23 Thread Steve Ireland
- Original Message - From: Peter Schuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Matthew Emmerton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 15:54 Subject: Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?! On Tuesday 23 March 2004 19.44, Matthew Emmerton wrote

disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-22 Thread Rob
Hi, For some reason, I needed to borrow the keyboard from my FreeBSD PC (running 4.9 STABLE). So I disconnected the keyboard. When I reconnected it some time later, the system refused to use the keyboard. Key hits were totally ignored. I had to brutally reset my PC to get it back to work

disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-22 Thread Robert Huff
Hello: For some reason, I needed to borrow the keyboard from my FreeBSD PC (running 4.9 STABLE). So I disconnected the keyboard. When I reconnected it some time later, the system refused to use the keyboard. Key hits were totally ignored. Is the keyboard USB or PS/2?

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-22 Thread Rob
Robert Huff wrote: For some reason, I needed to borrow the keyboard from my FreeBSD PC (running 4.9 STABLE). So I disconnected the keyboard. When I reconnected it some time later, the system refused to use the keyboard. Key hits were totally ignored. Is the keyboard USB or PS/2? Sorry, forgot

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-22 Thread Steve Ireland
- Original Message - From: Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 00:42 Subject: Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?! Robert Huff wrote: For some reason, I needed to borrow the keyboard from my FreeBSD PC (running 4.9 STABLE). So I

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-22 Thread Rob
Steve Ireland wrote: Robert Huff wrote: For some reason, I needed to borrow the keyboard from my FreeBSD PC (running 4.9 STABLE). So I disconnected the keyboard. When I reconnected it some time later, the system refused to use the keyboard. Key hits were totally ignored. Is the keyboard USB or

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-22 Thread Shaun T. Erickson
Steve Ireland wrote: This is a PS/2 thing, not an operating system thing. You really can fry your motherboard plugging and unplugging PS/2 devices while the system is powered up. I suppose it's possible, but I know I 've never fry'd one. I'm always unplugging and pluging mine back in. The key to

Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!

2004-03-22 Thread Wayne Sierke
On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 16:52, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: Steve Ireland wrote: This is a PS/2 thing, not an operating system thing. You really can fry your motherboard plugging and unplugging PS/2 devices while the system is powered up. I suppose it's possible, but I know I 've never fry'd