From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 30 01:52:29 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADA7D106566B for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:52:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f172.google.com (mail-wi0-f172.google.com [209.85.212.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F94C8FC08 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:52:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhj6 with SMTP id hj6so1867614wib.13 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:52:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=V2qjei2vECUwi6WTTl7Q0nz+Uo8x9yfQD5BbUbLeqtc=; b=kOIv4rgJh16FzxP72VZDgry7SESbqgsj17gofKB6KgnsWRjsiaz41EfzbJkwltbfHi L2XjN+o0NuIDphMznty1LbxyrgQC3qllgpNzR/dgIh5V54gptdkGAlx5ReWWlC9iG44P UV28NB5/5BwHyOdVr47ZQbPMyPFqOJaUiQbb51y/QtFfLG41ACrKvXJgObUnAT0Nrfz2 daS/xSnRcw9omN2feyltqRDnC8JCI4GJJ5macvgZUEAY+ihOlxl7qznkEahSZ/WjdZgb Me+Ctu4dQMKCzcAc5lbvS1whGcStB2Y2rnevduepftOLADHFe6mwmsX6yiVikgFQX+Us W74g== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.137.97 with SMTP id x75mr2974784wei.25.1335750748143; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:52:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.96.140 with HTTP; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:52:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:52:28 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First character typed lost X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:52:29 -0000 On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On a Gateway ML6732 notebook, FreeBSD 9-stable is working great. Video > works (i915), sound works, the only thing that isn't quite right is that > the first character typed after the FreeBSD kernel loads is lost. After > that, it works normally. This makes entering a passphrase more challenging. > > Any suggestions on what to check? ACPI? atkbd hints? > > Currently it's running 9-stable, but did the same thing with 8.x. Of > course it works normally for the BIOS and boot menu, FreeBSD loader menu, > Windows, and Xubuntu. > > The system is not terribly old, a Pentium Dual T2390, and this is with a > GENERIC kernel. > > sysctl shows > > dev.atkbdc.0.%desc: Keyboard controller (i8042) > dev.atkbdc.0.%driver: atkbdc > dev.atkbdc.0.%location: handle=\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.PS2K > dev.atkbdc.0.%pnpinfo: _HID=PNP0303 _UID=0 > dev.atkbdc.0.%parent: acpi0 > dev.atkbd.0.%desc: AT Keyboard > dev.atkbd.0.%driver: atkbd > dev.atkbd.0.%parent: atkbdc0 > > dmesg shows > > atkbdc0: port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0 > atkbd0: irq 1 on atkbdc0 > kbd0 at atkbd0 > atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > Sometimes ps/2 devices are actually USB ones so I might try fiddling with BIOS USB settings eg legacy mode to see that makes a difference. Maybe try suggesting a different IRQ in device.hints? Just fishing. -- Adam Vande More