Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 17:03:11 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB keyboard on 3.0 hub at boot Message-ID: <01a5a95a-676c-14a2-f93d-cb17f04128b3@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <5b9c8400-68a9-b16a-92d1-8e2038396ac2@pinyon.org> References: <5b9c8400-68a9-b16a-92d1-8e2038396ac2@pinyon.org>
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On 2020-03-24 16:34, Russell L. Carter wrote: > Greetings, > > I have a "Cooler Master Technology Inc. MasterKeys S" plugged into a > recent Anker USB 3 hub. On boot, it is not active at the loader > prompt, and even after fully booting up, I have to pull the plug, wait > a few seconds, and then plug it back in to activate the keyboard for > eg the xdm screen. > > I've been spending some time in man syscons(4), vt(4), atkbd(4), > ukbd(4), uhci(4), and ohci(4), and I do not understand: > > 1) if it's possible to have an active USB keyboard connected to a > USB-3 hub at the loader prompt > > 2) why my USB keyboard doesn't work even after the system is fully > booted up, and has to be unplugged/plugged in again to activate. > > I have sc, vt, atkbd, atkbdc, ukbd, ohci, uhci, and xhci configured in > the kernel, and /boot/loader.conf contains: > > hw.vga.textmode="1" > zfs_load="YES" > ukbd_load="YES" > autofs_load="YES" > # man sound(4) EQ section: > hint.pcm.0.eq="1" > uhid_load="YES" > > These settings were originally worked out maybe 6 years ago and some > might be obsolete. > > Thanks, > Russell I find that USB 3.0 still is not reliable on FreeBSD and GNU/Linux. Surprisingly, the same can be said for PS/2 ports on newer hardware. So, I use USB 2.0 ports for keyboards, mice, and bootable USB drives. I do not know the details of the settings you have made in /boot/loader.conf. If you have an original copy from when the system was installed, you might want to try reverting any changes you have made. David
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