recent problems with PowerMac G5 64 bit USB

[Tom Pusateri]

> On Dec 9, 2018, at 5:32 PM, Dennis Clarke <dclarke at blastwave.org> wrote:
> 
> On 12/9/18 5:22 PM, Tom Pusateri wrote:
>> Thanks for the detailed instructions.
>> I’m still getting USB timeouts even after setting kern.smp.disabled=1 and so no keyboard after boot -sv
> 
> wild. My way of saying ... never seen that before.
> 
> I can only assume you already reached for some other dirt common PC type
> keyboard and plugged it into one of the rear usb ports.
> 
> I hate to suggest going backwards but do try some normal PC keyboard
> using the rear usb ports and also, this may be a waste of time, give a
> try with RC1 which was working well for me with all four cpu cores on
> the same hardware. However I suspect there is some subtle diff between
> my G5 and your G5 in some way.  Just a guess.
> 
> Dennis

Thanks. I’m trying to setup an IRC client now. I just tried Adium on macOS and that seems to be having trouble so I’ll try on linux next.

I unplugged the Apple Cinema Display USB hub and the apple keyboard from the front and plugged a Sun USB keyboard into the rear and it worked!

Not sure which of those caused the USB trouble. I’ll experiment later. But this is great!

Thanks,
Tom