Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:40:03 +0930 From: "O'Connor, Daniel" <darius@dons.net.au> To: Crest <crest@rlwinm.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ASPEED video driver Message-ID: <6E73BD01-C337-405F-8E05-BCFDBEE45FE2@dons.net.au> In-Reply-To: <8b15ca21-07d1-7eb1-4d99-3654af585052@rlwinm.de> References: <8851FC7F-979D-4CDC-8513-CE893B2EF269@dons.net.au> <8b15ca21-07d1-7eb1-4d99-3654af585052@rlwinm.de>
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> On 21 Sep 2020, at 07:16, Crest <crest@rlwinm.de> wrote: > I have no solution for the question you've asked, but I may have a = solution for your problem. Over the years I've found the different IPMI = KVM implementations terrible to use (slow to update, ridiculous input = lag, keyboard layout fuck ups, etc.). Instead I prefer to use the IPMI = Serial over LAN interface to install fresh systems avoiding the trouble = of emulating a keyboard (and mouse) and capturing the video output. On = most servers you can interrupt the boatloader via the serial connection = and enable dual console operation in FreeBSD. Some of the buggier IPMI = implementations work better with *only* a serial console enabled. >=20 > This example should work for most modern x64 server boards (with = minimal changes) >=20 > boot_multicons=3D"YES" # Enable multi console support > boot_serial=3D"YES" # Enable serial output > console=3D"comconsole,vidconsole" # On UEFI systems try efi instead > comconsole_speed=3D"115200" # Most boards default to 115200 baud = instead of the 9600 FreeBSD uses for legacy reasons > # comconsole_port=3D"0x2f8" # If the Serial over LAN is mapped to = COM2, check dmesg | grep uart >=20 > Sorry if this reads like a "you're holding it wrong" kind of answer, = but I haven't had much success with IPMI keyboard and video redirection = over the years. Thanks, unfortunately we do need a local X server for commissioning of = the system. I do have SOL setup because I find that sometimes the BIOS ignores = keypresses via the web console but the serial one works fine.. -- Daniel O'Connor "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum
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