freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 540, Issue 1

[Daniel]

>
> > The keyboard i have is a USB keyboard. The keyboard works fine in all
> > scenarios except for when prompted with the geli password.
> >
> > http://i.minus.com/ibbw2T5C7Oppp5.jpg
> >
>


> I just realized that I am seeing something similar that might be
> related.  I don't use geli, but my usb keyboard isn't recognized until
> about halfway through the boot process.  It works for BIOS setup and
> after boot, but it doesn't work during the boot menu stage.  I don't
> know enough to know what the problem is, but that might help someone
> else limit where the problem is.  You might want to try a minimal
> installation without geli and see if that is also true for you.  If it
> is the same problem, then it has been around for a while since mine is
> running 9.1-RELEASE.  My keyboard is actually a wireless usb one, but
> that is probably no different than regular usb.
>

It works fine without geli, but I'm not sure what stage in the boot process
to check for it to start working. Do you just hit keys constantly to see?
I looked in the forums yesterday and people reporting the same issue I have
saying things worked fine until 9.1-RELEASE. So it could very well be.