Re: USB Keyboard doesn't work
On Tuesday 20 September 2011 03:10:35 Daniel O'Connor wrote: Unfortunately I believe the USB stack is effectively frozen once the mountroot prompt appears hence the need for the work around. Hi, It is not frozen. The problem is that the thread polling for key-presses runs at higher priority than the USB threads. And it doesn't call pause() at any time. --HPS ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: USB Keyboard doesn't work
On 20/09/2011, at 4:50, Alisson wrote: in a new installation of freebsd 8.2 (amd64) if the machine doesn't have a PS2 port to use keyboard... and have only USB port its impossible to use an keyboard on mountroot prompt Try typing this in the loader prompt.. set kern.cam.boot_delay=1 Or putting kern.cam.boot_delay=1 in /boot/loader.conf. Stolen from http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-usb/2010-July/008847.html ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: USB Keyboard doesn't work
On Monday 19 September 2011 20:20:18 Alisson wrote: if the machine doesn't have a PS2 port to use keyboard... and have only USB port its impossible to use an keyboard on mountroot prompt Hi Alisson, I dont know the complete ins and outs of this, but I think it has a lot to do with the BIOS on your machine and/or how it is configured (IE: PS2 emulation). I have a machine that used to work just fine during the boot-loader and mountroot part of booting, but after a BIOS upgrade, it would no longer work; only the PS2 keyboard was active until the machine had booted far enough to bring up the USB stack. Check your BIOS settings and see if any of them mention something about USB keyboards. Ta Peg ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: USB Keyboard doesn't work
On Sep 19, 2011, at 4:39 PM, Pegasus Mc Cleaft wrote: On Monday 19 September 2011 20:20:18 Alisson wrote: if the machine doesn't have a PS2 port to use keyboard... and have only USB port its impossible to use an keyboard on mountroot prompt Hi Alisson, I dont know the complete ins and outs of this, but I think it has a lot to do with the BIOS on your machine and/or how it is configured (IE: PS2 emulation). Many BIOS vendors label this as legacy keyboard emulation, etc. You might want to play with the plug-n-play settings as well (but I doubt that that would help). HTH, -Garrett___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: USB Keyboard doesn't work
On 20/09/2011, at 10:05, Garrett Cooper wrote: On Sep 19, 2011, at 4:39 PM, Pegasus Mc Cleaft wrote: On Monday 19 September 2011 20:20:18 Alisson wrote: if the machine doesn't have a PS2 port to use keyboard... and have only USB port its impossible to use an keyboard on mountroot prompt Hi Alisson, I dont know the complete ins and outs of this, but I think it has a lot to do with the BIOS on your machine and/or how it is configured (IE: PS2 emulation). Many BIOS vendors label this as legacy keyboard emulation, etc. You might want to play with the plug-n-play settings as well (but I doubt that that would help). I think you would need legacy emulation for the keyboard to work in the loader. However that will have no effect at mountroot (and after) as the kernel has taken over by then. The kern.cam.boot_delay=1 work around helps by giving the USB stack some time to find devices before mountroot. Unfortunately I believe the USB stack is effectively frozen once the mountroot prompt appears hence the need for the work around. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
