From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 21 22:29:47 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BA2537B404 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:29:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tmxmailsmtp1.telmex.com (customer-148-223-155-51.uninet.net.mx [148.223.155.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9596443FD7 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:29:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from MPAREDES@telmex.com) Received: from tmxmailmex3.ad.intranet.telmex.com ([13.44.1.86]) by tmxmailsmtp1.telmex.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Tue, 22 Apr 2003 00:26:33 -0500 Received: from tmxmailhmo1.ad.intranet.telmex.com ([13.44.1.105]) by tmxmailmex3.ad.intranet.telmex.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Mon, 21 Apr 2003 23:04:58 -0500 content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6334.0 Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 21:04:57 -0700 Message-ID: <35BC9957B8699C42AB3A665E3C5656556CAD55@tmxmailhmo1.intranet.telmex.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: USB Keyboard and FreeBSD BootMGR Thread-Index: AcMELcCLTo1/+lS9R2GSbMxtb6lueQEVryYAAAAafaA= From: "Paredes Sánchez Martín A." To: "BSD." X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Apr 2003 04:04:58.0292 (UTC) FILETIME=[56E2DF40:01C30884] Subject: FW: USB Keyboard and FreeBSD BootMGR X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 05:29:47 -0000 I have been reading info about the loader, it says it cat load modules, I don't know if the deamon of the keyboard is a module, and if thera can be a modification of the scripts of the loader. maps -----Original Message----- From: Paul Forrester [SMTP:paforres@cisco.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 8:39 AM To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Keyboard and FreeBSD BootMGR I have the same problem as Mark. I've tried enabling USB at the BIOS level and that allows me to use the keyboard to navigate the BIOS screens, but as soon as the BootMGR loads, the USB gets switched off. I manage several servers in a cross platform environment and USB is the only 'common' denominator for keyboards. Right now I keep a separate keyboard around just for that period when the BootMGR is running for those rare instances when I need to stop the boot, change the kernel, boot into single user, etc... It seems like others must have bumped up against this problem and solved it in a more elegant fashion than I. How about it? Is there a software only workaround? Thanks and regards, Paul Forrester Begin forwarded message: > Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 06:51:20 +0000 > From: "Timothy R. Simmons" > Subject: Re: USB Keyboard and FreeBSD BootMGR > To: Mark Jacobs , questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <200304160651.20634.tsimmons77@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Enabling USB Keyboard support in BIOS may be your answer here. > That should let the keyboard be usuable until the USB daemon can take > control. > > On Wednesday 16 April 2003 01:54 pm, Mark Jacobs wrote: >> This may be a catch-22 situtation but, how does one select which >> operating >> system to boot from using a usb keyboard since it doesn't seem to do >> anything until an operating system is booted and support for usb >> devices >> loaded. >> >> TIA, >> >> Mark Jacobs >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"