Re: Reset on kb disconnect.

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Ken Tyler wrote:
> I'm running 2.4.20, the current CVS version and noticed if I disconnect
> the keyboard my machine resets.  I've done it several times and it's
> repeatable.  It may been like this prior to 2.4.20, I don't often unplug
> the keyboard.
> 
> Has anyone else experienced this problem ?

This is a hardware feature: pressing Ctrl-Amiga-Amiga pulls the reset line on
the keyboard connector. Disconnecting the keyboard may have the same effect.
Note that on `new' keyboards the keyboard first sends the reset warning
keycode, so the Amiga can tell the keyboard to not pull the reset line.
However, the real reset can be delayed for 10 seconds only, that's why we don't
use it to shutdown your computer, which can easily take more than 10 seconds.

You didn't try this under AmigaOS, while you were experimenting with it?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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