On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 04:43:18PM +0200, Johan Hendriks wrote: > Sorry for top posting this one, i am at a custumor and he is using > outlook! > > It is a PS/2 keyboard!! > > regards, > Johan Hendriks > > > >> >> Hello all. > > >> >> > > >> >> I try to install the Beta of 8.1 but it panics on my server HP > > >> Proliant ML110 > > > > >> > > >>>Stacktrace would be helpful. > > >> > > >> Well at startup, the keyboard is not working, i can not select any > boot > > >> mode, and after the timer is at 0 ti boots, and then ends with this > > >> panic, and totally hangs. > > >> 8.0 works fine also CURRENT Works! > > > > >Regarding the keyboard not working -- it should still be working > during > > >the loader phase (FreeBSD logo, press 4 for single user, etc.), > correct? > > > > >If so, two things to try. Escape to the loader prompt and try one of > > >the below (if (a) doesn't work, try (b)): > > > > >a) set hint.kbdmux.0.disabled=1 > > > boot > > > > >b) set hint.atkbd.0.disabled=1 > > > set hint.atkbdc.0.disabled=1 > > > boot > > > > >Hopefully one of these will allow your keyboard to continue > functioning > > >once the system panics, so that you can provide a backtrace. Thanks. > > > > The problem is the keyboard is not working at all, so i need to wait > till the counter reach 0. > > I did also installed 8.0, no problem. > > Then did a buildworld to the latest 8.1 source from 2010-06-08, > buildworld runs fine, then after the reboot same issue as the > BETA1-install-only iso. > > A non-working keyboard during loader is more easily explainable. It's a > USB keyboard, isn't it? You need to find whatever BIOS option in your > system correlates with "Enable USB Legacy Support". This should allow a > USB keyboard to be "emulated" (via BIOS) as a PS/2-style keyboard up > until the kernel resets USB-related devices. > > If there is no such option, can you point me to the User's Manual for > this model of system so I can review it? (Hopefully it includes BIOS > options...). Thanks.
I bounced a copy of this mail to the list since the OP sent it to me directly. This is the first I've heard of a PS/2 keyboard not working during the boot phases/loader. Is there anyone on -stable who might know how to diagnose this? -- | Jeremy Chadwick j...@parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"