6.1RC2 regression and a BIG question.

Joseph Koshy joseph.koshy at gmail.com
Mon May 15 15:44:26 UTC 2006


> Hello. This is first time I write to you, so I beg you pardon
> if something goes wrong.

The correct list would be freebsd-questions at freebsd.org.
This is list is for discussing FreeBSD PRs (problem reports).

That said:

> We bought HP Proliant DL 320 G4. ...
> (when i see a login message I cannot type anything my keyboard
> doesn`t respond at all (except Num, Scroll and Caps Lock))

Try a single user boot (boot -s).  If the keyboard
works at the single user prompt then try finishing
the boot with USB turned off (edit /etc/rc.conf to suit).
If that works then you'll need to look for a rogue USB
keyboard that is taking over as the primary keyboard.
The kbdmux(4) driver should help here (this is part of
the FreeBSD 6.1 kernel).

If the keyboard doesn't work in single user mode, then
I'd suggest hooking up a serial console.  Instructions
on using a serial console are present in the FreeBSD
handbook.

Best of luck.

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