Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:40:27 +0200 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: PaulFr <pfcomptech@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPMI Console: No luck once OS is booted Message-ID: <4C04F1AB.3010906@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <28737218.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <20080809195935.F4976@borg> <20080809215249.T5563@borg> <20080810082410.X1306@borg> <57BE2631-7AED-443A-88E4-62456C048DD4@tamu.edu> <20080810102225.V1945@borg> <C5C3086C-044E-4A31-8286-2134E5AC72E4@tamu.edu> <20080810120156.O1324@borg> <28737218.post@talk.nabble.com>
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PaulFr wrote: > > > Larry Rosenman wrote: >> >> On Sun, 10 Aug 2008, David Duchscher wrote: >> >>> On Aug 10, 2008, at 10:22 AM, Larry Rosenman wrote: >>> >>>>> I don't have that IPMI card but I can say we have other cards of theirs >>>>> working. I would make sure the card is at the latest version of >>>>> firmware. >>>>> The AOC-SIMSO(+) card was not detected correctly until we upgraded. I >>>>> don't know why the card is going away when freebsd boots since I assume >>>>> you are on the dedicated LAN interface with its own IP address. >>>> Yes. It's not going away, just doesn't see the key strokes. >>> >>> Looking through your dmesg file, I don't see a USB keyboard being >>> attached. >>> On my system, the virtual keyboard is a USB keyboard. >>> >>> ukbd0:<Peppercon AG Multidevice, class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2> on >>> uhub3 >>> kbd2 at ukbd0 >> Good catch. When I set it to disable USB Mass Storage when no image >> is loaded, the ukbd came alive, and I'm typing this on the IPMI Console. >> >> Thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> DaveD >>> >> > > Larry > I have a similar problem as you describe in this posting using a SuperMicro > X8SIL-F motherboard with onboard IPMI. The console redirection works fine > during boot until the OS (pfSense - FreebSD 7.2 Release p5) boots and then I > can't enter anything from the keyboard. Screen output is OK. I notice > there is also no usb keyboard being detected during boot - instead a usb > mass storage device is added. Thus I suspect I am seeing the same issue as > you did. > > When you mentioned "When I set it to disable USB Mass Storage when no image > is loaded, the ukbd came alive..." how did you do that? Can you try to boot FreeBSD 8 or 7.3 live system, not installer? I had same problem with 7.2 installer, but IPMI works with installed 7.2 GENERIC kernel from HDD. 8.0 installer and installed GENERIC kernel works fine in both case. So I think there is some bug in older releases. Miroslav Lachman
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