From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 12 10:06:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D38281065687 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:06:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pluknet@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F3E58FC25 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:06:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pluknet@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id h3so265486nfh.33 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:06:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=rqIW+ivaUfSTkt9r7UPj/RvB/i09ETs7Dj+PHG3016s=; b=LxYIgY167JYzV53SScocLuqV/LSP33c5+c97HdVP4qLVmNL7tgK/zkykh62zsMYi0Y Sk2T5h37kPn56NiaAZl3dwRWNVHOjDl43EcarodYP+Dg29N1l9t6a8wBlLWCsuXOHE3Q OvnV07ijFq78vxojnEO3E1cYWZwr8+08nV8kI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=J9f1oaFO2zMM5aNuU0XeF6veaxihLVWKlBp73HaKnotyncJyk2REQRukaqfTVzetde gkahCZXosiJa8nuAyOywDprH2Pl4nuCyLK6MObvHV20p4Xot1ECtqsUS1WnqNRwJBDrV t1/wBmcEGWAx7ToFmUSTpS2+fK3po2Je495bY= Received: by 10.210.130.14 with SMTP id c14mr8214233ebd.190.1226482579428; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:36:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.210.38.6 with HTTP; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:36:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:36:19 +0300 From: pluknet To: Martin In-Reply-To: <20081111213344.6657548c@zelda.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4912E462.4090608@icyb.net.ua> <491586B9.2020303@vwsoft.com> <4919851B.7050800@icyb.net.ua> <20081111213344.6657548c@zelda.local> Cc: Volker , Stable , freebsd-usb@freebsd.org, Peter Wemm , Andriy Gapon Subject: Re: usb keyboard dying at loader prompt X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:06:36 -0000 2008/11/11 Martin : > Am Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:55:45 -0800 > schrieb "Peter Wemm" : > >> Some bioses have a list of MBR partition id's and use that to >> determine what to do with the USB keyboard. One of my ol older amd64 >> motherboards worked but would always disable the usb keyboard right as >> loader started. I discovered the following: >> * If I put the freebsd bootblocks and loader on a floppy drive (no >> MBR), then the bios did not turn off the keyboard. It always >> continued to work for loader. >> * If i hacked the boot bootblocks and loader and kernel to recognize >> different MBR slice id nubmers as "ours", then changing the freebsd >> MBR to be "msdos" or "linux" also worked for that BIOS. It would no >> longer turn off the USB keyboard. I don't recall which Id number I >> used instead of 165 - it was about 4 years ago. >> * There were other consequences of using the partition ID hack - I >> think I remember it turning off the apic for msdos mode. >> >> Your problems may be different, but mine were caused by a BIOS >> whitelist of MBR partition id's. What a stupid problem. On that >> motherboard I ended up taking the path of least resistance and using >> the PS/2 adapter plug on the keyboard. > > Hello, > > I want to add some information about USB problems which occur for me > very frequently. > > I have found out that most of the problems are related to Gigabyte > mainboards. I have 2 of them now. One is "EP35C-DS3R". With this > mainboard sometimes my USB keyboard and USB mouse stop working (the > power is simply off). I can reattach them and they both power up again. > > The second mainboard is "EP45-DS3R". Here the problem is even worse. > The keyboard and mouse (both USB) lose power as soon as FreeBSD scans > the USB controllers. Here, I can also reattach the devices and they are > usable again. > > One further hint: it seems Vista (64 bit version) has the same problem > with this EP45-DS3R mainboard. After it boots into the login screen, I > have to reattach the devices to use them. The mainboard is not broken, > I have tried 3 so far and all have these strange effects. > > > And now... I want to remind you that I have already posted here about > (same) USB problems on my laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad T60p). Sometimes I > have to reattach my keyboard there, too. Of course, this is not > Gigabyte here, but the weird behaviour ressembles the one above. I have the same problem with my ukbd&ums: they are power off'ed during the boot and I should to re-attach them . MB: Asus p5k. -- wbr, pluknet