> Does this let you work around your problem too? > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=0+0+/usr/local/www/db/text/2008/freebsd-mobile/20080309.freebsd-mobile
Haven't tried the patch, but I see what you mean. I had tested with atkbd and kbdmux both disabled and having geli passphrase visible. It appears that in 8.0-PRERELEASE (cvsuped Nov 23 2009, I think) the original problem I had reported is gone: if I can get thru the passphrase, the late stage continues fine and keyboard works at login prompt without any problem. However, the keyboard works unreliably(*) just before the late boot stage, at the moment when the geli passphrase is expected. 8.0-RC3 behaved the opposite way: no problem at the passphrase, but unusable console right after that. (*) By working unreliably I mean that key presses are randomly skipped. Sometimes you see keys pressed right after the first press, sometimes it takes 3-4 times to repeat the press before the symbol gets entered. I have googled up that skipping key presses at the passphrase prompt was reported since a long time ago. I see that it was somewhat fixed in 8.0-RC3 with undesired side-effects. This leaves me wonder if the keyboard can be fixed without breaking the console. I am willing to help: if anyone needs debugging output or anything, just tell me what I should do. USB keyboard is the only input device this computer has (no PS/2 or serial port), so I' somewhat desperate. > Chances are that unreliable key inputs at boot stage is not that > usb specific, but I couldn't dig any deeper then... I think it's usb-specific. What else would be responsible for dropping input from the usb device? Thanks. _______________________________________________ freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-usb-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"