Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:00:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/7234: keyboard problems during login immediately after boot Message-ID: <199807221600.JAA00607@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/7234; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
To: s.c.sprong@student.utwente.nl
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp
Subject: Re: kern/7234: keyboard problems during login immediately after boot
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 00:01:32 +0900
>>Number: 7234
>>Category: kern
>>Synopsis: keyboard problems during login immediately after boot
[snip]
>>Release: FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386
>>Environment:
>
>The machine is a good quality Pentium with proven hardware (for the IBM
>PC clone world anyway). There are no silly overclockings or such.
>The relevant reatures for this problem are:
>
>- a rather old keyboard connected with a ~2 m elongation(?) cable and a
> db/ps2 convertor, which may or may not push this set-up out of spec.
>
>- rc.conf settings:
>
>keymap="us.iso" # keymap in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/* (or NO).
>keyrate="fast" # keyboard rate to: slow, normal, fast (or NO).
>keybell="NO" # bell to duration.pitch or normal or visual (or NO).
>keychange="NO" # function keys default values (or NO).
>cursor="destructive" # cursor type {normal|blink|destructive} (or NO).
>scrnmap="NO" # screen map in /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps/* (or NO).
>font8x16="iso-8x16" # font 8x16 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO).
>font8x14="iso-8x14" # font 8x14 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO).
>font8x8="iso-8x8" #
>
>- a custom rc.local with the following syscons twiddling:
> set terminals to 30 rows, iso latin characters
>
> if [ -f /usr/sbin/vidcontrol ]; then
> for tty in /dev/ttyv?
> do
> vidcontrol -f 8x14 iso-8x14.fnt <$tty
> vidcontrol VGA_80x30 <$tty
> done
> fi
>
>as suggested in the freebsd.misc newsgroup some time ago.
I would ask you to try the following steps to help us to diagnose
your problem.
1. Set the cursor type to "normal", rather than destructive, and
see if it makes any difference.
2. Leave the cursor type to "normal", remove the above shell script
lines from rc.local and see if things are improved.
3. If you still have difficulty, set font8x16, font8x14, font8x8 to "NO".
I would expect the console work as it should at this step, because
no fancy settings are done any more.
4. Then add the following lines to rc.local. (Notice that there is not
"vidcontrol -f 8x14..." line here. It is OK, because the VGA_80x30
mode will use the built-in 8x16 font.)
if [ -f /usr/sbin/vidcontrol ]; then
for tty in /dev/ttyv?
do
vidcontrol VGA_80x30 <$tty
done
fi
Tell me the brand of your video card when you report the results.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Kazu
yokota@freebsd.org
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