Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:21:12 +0300 From: "Niki Denev" <ndenev@icdsoft.com> To: "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Erik Stian Tefre <erik@tefre.com> Subject: Re: USB support + Supermicro IPMI KVM = no keyboard Message-ID: <2e77fc10803310421j412d57b0t11206a2d94da15a9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <037d01c862a9$054a4e50$b6db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> References: <0b3201c86272$79c422b0$b6db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <479F7504.5000604@tefre.com> <037d01c862a9$054a4e50$b6db87d4@multiplay.co.uk>
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On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 9:59 PM, Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Erik Stian Tefre" <erik@tefre.com> > > > > Steven Hartland wrote: > >> When booting a default kernel e.g. standard install cd the KVM over LAN > >> keyboard on Supermicro's IPMI modules refuse to function. Once installed > >> if we build a kernel without USB all is good. > >> > >> So two questions:- > >> 1. Can usb support be disabled from the loader? > >> 2. Anyone got any ideas why USB would break the IPMI keyboard? > > > > The IPMI keyboard is a USB keyboard. It seems to work OK on a box > > running 7.0: > > > > port 6 addr 2: high speed, self powered, config 1, Multidevice(0x0002), > > Peppercon AG(0x14dd), rev 0.01 > > > > ukbd0: <Peppercon AG Multidevice, class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2> on uhub3 > > > > The same box running 6.2 did not connect the device as a usb keyboard. > > Thanks Eric unfortunately we had the same issue with 7.0-RC1 and 7.0-PREREL > I'll look at dropping usb back into our kernel we're running atm and > see if it detects the above as that might well help diagnose the issue. > > > Regards > Steve > We've had the same problem, and changing USB Mouse Type from "Windows >= 2000, Mac OS X" to "Other Operating System" made the keyboard available again. P.S. : The setting is located under the KVM Settings->Keyboard/Mouse menu on the IPMI web interface. -- Nikolay Denev ICDSoft Ltd. System Administrator http://www.icdsoft.com/ m: 359-888-952-352 p: 1-617-544-3022
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