Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:52:28 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First character typed lost Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK3yR-MOJ1z=nYy1m2wNnDSxtJuf6SK3H9BBiMugvgFxhQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204291704040.14213@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204291704040.14213@wonkity.com>
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On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> 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: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0 > atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> 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
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