Re: Keyboard won't work during OpenBSD 7.1 or 7.2 installation.

[Bodie]

On 22.11.2022 06:54, Clint wrote:

Dear Sirs,



My name is Clint Wu, I had been told the DMP’s EBOX-336x mini PC 
(product
page  ) can run 
OpenBSD

7.1.

I had downloaded install71.img & install72.img ad use rufus 3.20 to 
crate

USB installer.

When I boot up my mini PC till installation program show up as below
picture.

My keyboard stop working at this stage. Did any one report this problem
before?

Can you tell me how to solve this? what should I do next?　Please 
advise,

thank you.



Based on this list https://www.compactpc.com.tw/products/about
it seems to have problems even with Linux support for its HW






Regards,
Clint

Re: Keyboard won't work during OpenBSD 7.1 or 7.2 installation.

[Nick Holland]

On 11/22/22 00:54, Clint wrote:

Dear Sirs,

  


My name is Clint Wu, I had been told the DMP’s EBOX-336x mini PC (product
page  ) can run OpenBSD
7.1.

 ...

My keyboard stop working at this stage. Did any one report this problem
before?

Can you tell me how to solve this? what should I do next?　Please advise,
thank you.


well, I have no knowledge of this machine, but one thing I would try is
to see if you can switch it between legacy (BIOS, MBR, etc.) and UEFI
booting.  Some machines have bugs in one mode but not the other.  My
favorite example is a machine I have that was sold with a custom Linux
install and a warning that "you MUST use legacy mode" for the standard
app, but OpenBSD can't see the disk I/O unless you run it in UEFI mode.
Different hardware WILL behave differently.  Nothing has made me
appreciate the PC BIOS more than the things that have tried to replace
it.

IF you got the model with the serial port, you could try using a serial
console.

Sounds like you got it loaded via alternative means, if you can ssh into
the system and get a dmesg out of it, it would be interesting to look
at and might shed some clues.  But some of these specialty machines
(including some virtualization products) are built and tested to certain
OSs and not much regard is given to other system or the reference
designs.

Nick.

Re: Keyboard won't work during OpenBSD 7.1 or 7.2 installation.

[Kevin Lo]

Hi Clint,

As mentioned in a private email, you need to disable acpimadt and mpbios
in the kernel to make it work.  Why don't you give it a try?

Also see: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-bugs=165170229727676=2

On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 09:48:24AM +0800, Clint wrote:
> 
> Hi Fred,
> 
> I tried at specific point, but still not working. 
> Same problem remains when I use other keyboard.
> 
> On the other side, when I install OpenBSD on another Intel PC is working 
> fine. It seems there is compatible issue with DMP???s EBOX-336x mini PC, when 
> I tried OpenBSD direct installation.
> 
> Is there any BIOS setting (I mean in general) I should be aware of? Please 
> advise, thank you. 
> 
> Regards,
> Clint 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Fred Crowson  
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2022 10:04 PM
> To: Clint 
> Cc: misc@openbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Keyboard won't work during OpenBSD 7.1 or 7.2 installation.
> 
> if you plug in a USB keyboard at that point it will probably be recognised so 
> that you can use it for the install.
> 
> hth
> 
> Fred
> 
> On Tue, 22 Nov 2022 at 06:19, Clint  wrote:
> >
> > Dear Sirs,
> >
> >
> >
> > My name is Clint Wu, I had been told the DMP???s EBOX-336x mini PC 
> > (product page <https://www.compactpc.com.tw/products/children/15> ) 
> > can run OpenBSD 7.1.
> >
> > I had downloaded install71.img & install72.img ad use rufus 3.20 to 
> > crate USB installer.
> >
> > When I boot up my mini PC till installation program show up as below 
> > picture.
> >
> > My keyboard stop working at this stage. Did any one report this 
> > problem before?
> >
> > Can you tell me how to solve this? what should I do nextPlease 
> > advise, thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Clint
> >
> >
> >
> 

Re: Keyboard won't work during OpenBSD 7.1 or 7.2 installation.

[Clint]

Hi Fred,

I tried at specific point, but still not working. 
Same problem remains when I use other keyboard.

On the other side, when I install OpenBSD on another Intel PC is working fine. 
It seems there is compatible issue with DMP’s EBOX-336x mini PC, when I tried 
OpenBSD direct installation.

Is there any BIOS setting (I mean in general) I should be aware of? Please 
advise, thank you. 

Regards,
Clint 

-Original Message-
From: Fred Crowson  
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2022 10:04 PM
To: Clint 
Cc: misc@openbsd.org
Subject: Re: Keyboard won't work during OpenBSD 7.1 or 7.2 installation.

if you plug in a USB keyboard at that point it will probably be recognised so 
that you can use it for the install.

hth

Fred

On Tue, 22 Nov 2022 at 06:19, Clint  wrote:
>
> Dear Sirs,
>
>
>
> My name is Clint Wu, I had been told the DMP’s EBOX-336x mini PC 
> (product page <https://www.compactpc.com.tw/products/children/15> ) 
> can run OpenBSD 7.1.
>
> I had downloaded install71.img & install72.img ad use rufus 3.20 to 
> crate USB installer.
>
> When I boot up my mini PC till installation program show up as below 
> picture.
>
> My keyboard stop working at this stage. Did any one report this 
> problem before?
>
> Can you tell me how to solve this? what should I do next?　Please 
> advise, thank you.
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Clint
>
>
>

Re: Keyboard won't work during OpenBSD 7.1 or 7.2 installation.

[Fred Crowson]

if you plug in a USB keyboard at that point it will probably be
recognised so that you can use it for the install.

hth

Fred

On Tue, 22 Nov 2022 at 06:19, Clint  wrote:
>
> Dear Sirs,
>
>
>
> My name is Clint Wu, I had been told the DMP’s EBOX-336x mini PC (product
> page  ) can run OpenBSD
> 7.1.
>
> I had downloaded install71.img & install72.img ad use rufus 3.20 to crate
> USB installer.
>
> When I boot up my mini PC till installation program show up as below
> picture.
>
> My keyboard stop working at this stage. Did any one report this problem
> before?
>
> Can you tell me how to solve this? what should I do next?　Please advise,
> thank you.
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Clint
>
>
>