Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:51:18 +0100 From: 'Sam Eaton' <sam@fqdn.net> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ukbd0 from dell DRAC5 remote access controller Message-ID: <20060830085118.GE60234@host.fqdn.net> In-Reply-To: <20060830004612.P60283@arbitor.digitalfreaks.org> References: <abf642980608090227v557b9f5eg4c2dbbede90d0c65@mail.gmail.com> <200608090832.52859.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060830004612.P60283@arbitor.digitalfreaks.org>
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On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 12:53:21AM -0400, Brian A. Seklecki wrote: > > >>pe1# kbdcontrol -K < /dev/console > >>kbd0 > >> kbdmux0, type:AT 101/102 (2) > >>pe1# kbdcontrol -a kbd0 < /dev/kbdmux0 > >>/dev/kbdmux0: Device busy. > >>pe1# kbdcontrol -a kbd1 < /dev/kbdmux0 > > Actually I'm surprised you were able to get dmesg(8) output. What did you > do, boot into the 2nd stage boot-loader and then set the console to serial > console or just manual copy/paste transcribe? I've got a local console on the box, plus ssh working :) > I have the unfortunate situation of having lots of these machines remotely > installed and deployed with DRAC setup with which I planned to do the > remote install of FBSD, but this bug is a serious show stopper. Urgh, I feel your pain. The remote virtual CD stuff works nicely, and I can boot other OSes fine that way, but the keyboard is toast once freebsd boots. > Moreover, the whole ActiveX client dependency is really absurd. Does > anyone have the client working in FreeBSD/Linux/POSIX? Firefox anything > even? I could deal with Java for remote console on DRAC4. I gave up and used IE on windows to access it :/ Sam. -- "Fortified with Essential Bitterness and Sarcasm" Matt Groening, "Binky's Guide to Love".
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