Re: Console showing control characters for input on console keyboard

2013-03-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Shane Johnson wrote: > > I think we'll just have to live with a reset via reboot whenever the > > > option becomes available, while not removing the PS/2 connections again. > > Would a PS2 to USB adapter get you through till reboot? Uhm... You misunderstand. The problem trying to be solved is th

Re: Console showing control characters for input on console keyboard

2013-03-21 Thread Shane Johnson
> I think we'll just have to live with a reset via reboot whenever the > > option becomes available, while not removing the PS/2 connections again. > Would a PS2 to USB adapter get you through till reboot? -- Shane D. Johnson IT Administrator Rasmussen Equipment

Re: Console showing control characters for input on console keyboard

2013-03-21 Thread Bob Proulx
francis picabia wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > reset >/dev/console > > > > Although I can't remember if tset or reset operate on stdin like stty > > does. You might need to redirect stdin instead. > > > > reset >/dev/console &1 | od -tx1 -c 000 72 65 73 65 74 3a 20 73 74 61 6e

Re: Console showing control characters for input on console keyboard

2013-03-21 Thread francis picabia
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > francis picabia wrote: >> reset won't work as I cannot login to the tty. >> >> If there is a way to direct the reset to another tty >> or tset has a way to do that it could help because only >> ssh logins are working. > > You said you can log in

Re: Console showing control characters for input on console keyboard

2013-03-20 Thread Bob Proulx
francis picabia wrote: > reset won't work as I cannot login to the tty. > > If there is a way to direct the reset to another tty > or tset has a way to do that it could help because only > ssh logins are working. You said you can log in with ssh. Log in with ssh and then redirect the output to t

Re: Console showing control characters for input on console keyboard

2013-03-20 Thread Tom Furie
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 04:43:53PM -0300, francis picabia wrote: > I am beginning to think this system is glitchy when PS/2 is detached > and reattached. That's entirely possible. PS/2 was never designed to be hot-swappable. Cheers, Tom signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Console showing control characters for input on console keyboard

2013-03-20 Thread francis picabia
reset won't work as I cannot login to the tty. If there is a way to direct the reset to another tty or tset has a way to do that it could help because only ssh logins are working. The keyboard is not the issue as I've attached this system to three different KVMs and they all enter wacky character

Re: Console showing control characters for input on console keyboard

2013-03-20 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* francis picabia [2013-03-20 14:49 -0300]: > After some random keys were hit on a KVM, the console > is showing control characters as the input. We switched > KVM console and the PS/2 KVM adapter, but the problem > sticks with the system/OS. Killing all getty to allow them to respawn > has not

Re: Console showing control characters for input on console keyboard

2013-03-20 Thread Frank Miles
On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:50:02 +0100, francis picabia wrote: > After some random keys were hit on a KVM, the console is showing control > characters as the input. We switched KVM console and the PS/2 KVM > adapter, but the problem sticks with the system/OS. Killing all getty > to allow them to res