Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 09:27:03 +1100 From: "Jan Mikkelsen" <janm@transactionware.com> To: "'Jo Rhett'" <jrhett@netconsonance.com>, "'Andriy Gapon'" <avg@icyb.net.ua> Cc: 'FreeBSD Stable' <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: RE: usb keyboard dying at loader prompt Message-ID: <459EF5063D85400CB8D57DE9529A4D04@STUDYPC> In-Reply-To: <31DE68A5-D3CB-4C33-86E6-515581B425E1@netconsonance.com>
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Hi, > Just FYI we are seeing the exact same problem with PS/2 > keyboards and > the 6.4 loader, so this may not be a USB-only issue. > > [ ... ] > > On Nov 28, 2008, at 5:24 AM, Andriy Gapon wrote: > > I did more testing and it seems that our loader does have > something to > > do with the problem. > > > > If I boot to memtest86 the keyboard keeps working. > > If I pause boot menu, wait for many minutes, the keyboard > still works. > > If I escape to loader prompt, this when the keyboard stops working > > after > > a few seconds. > > > > Not sure how to explain this. > > I think I've seen some changes to reduce memory usage of loader, I > > will > > try them to see if that would make any difference for my situation. I have seen a similar problem on a Sun X4240 with 7.1-PRE. Using the ILOM remote keyboard works at the loader prompt but fails at the root filesystem prompt. I could work around the problem by attaching a different keyboard to the front USB port. Have you tried different keyboards? Regards, Jan.
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