Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 19:55:12 +0200 From: Sebastiaan van Erk <sebster@sebster.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: keyboard does not work in kernel space Message-ID: <44622900.9090900@sebster.com> In-Reply-To: <20060510172235.GA56998@totem.fix.no> References: <446217AD.3070203@sebster.com> <20060510172235.GA56998@totem.fix.no>
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Thanks for the reply! Since I'm using full disk encryption and booting from a USB stick this is not really an option for me. The ENTIRE freebsd system (root + swap + user partitions) is on the encrypted device, which I want attached from the kernel. I'll disable kbdmux though, don't think I'll be needing that one (I hope). Regards Sebastiaan Anders Nordby wrote: > Hi, > > It's a known problem. I reported it to Maksim Yevmenkin (author of kbdmux), > who confirmed it. > > Workaround is to disable GEOM_ELI in your kernel, make sure you don't > load it in loader.conf either, and instead add the disk/slice you want > to attach to in geli_devices in /etc/rc.conf. Then you'll be asked to > enter the passphrase from userland, which will be fine. > > On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 06:41:17PM +0200, Sebastiaan van Erk wrote: > >> I just got a new Inspiron 9400 laptop and was trying to do full disk >> encryption with GEOM ELI. Everything seems to be working fine now, >> except that the keyboard does not seem to work in kernel space so that >> when my USB boot stick asks me for the passphrase of my internal hard >> drive, I cannot enter anything. I know this is not specific to GEOM ELI, >> since I was messing around with my USB pendrive and forgot to specify a >> root device, which the kernel prompted me for the root device and I had >> exactly the same problem: the keyboard did not work. >> >> When I change the root device to my pen drive it boots to the login >> prompt (user space), and the keyboard works fine at that moment. >> >> Is this problem familiar to anybody? Is there any way to solve it? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Sebastiaan >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > >
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