From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 21 23:01:56 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10FCB1065670; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:01:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hunt@cs.utexas.edu) Received: from joejob.cs.utexas.edu (joejob.cs.utexas.edu [128.83.120.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFB1F8FC24; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:01:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from elgin.cs.utexas.edu (hunt@elgin.cs.utexas.edu [128.83.120.206]) by joejob.cs.utexas.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o2LMp5EM015227 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:51:05 -0500 Received: (from hunt@localhost) by elgin.cs.utexas.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o2LMp5pb022644; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:51:05 -0500 Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:51:05 -0500 Message-Id: <201003212251.o2LMp5pb022644@elgin.cs.utexas.edu> From: "Warren A. Hunt Jr." To: brucec@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/144938: [keyboard] [boot] Boot Failure with Apple (MB869LL/A) Keyboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:01:56 -0000 Hello Mr. Cran, Summary: I don't understand why, but now everything works. > Does any more information get displayed with a > verbose boot ("boot -v")? Indeed, it does. But, now it boots. Arragh! Since my last message, I have re-booted my system at least 10 times, and everything seems to work. I have re-booted with regular boot (no "boot -v"), and it works. I have powered down and tried again -- and it works. Six weeks ago, I had this same problem (using this same Apple keyboard) on another FreeBSD 8.0 system (based on a SuperMicro "c2sbx" motherboard), which I never solved. So, I was worried that somehow Apple's new keyboard was not supported by FreeBSD 8.0. For the moment, on my ZOTAC IONITX-A-U board, my problem has disappeared. I must have failed to boot with my Apple keyboard at least 20 times over the last month. The only thing I changed was in the BIOS -- I stopped the "quick boot" sequence, instead specifying the that the full complement of BIOS tests, such as the memory test, should be performed. Weird. I'll try it another 20 times or so -- and I'll try again on my SuperMicro system at work. Thank you for responding. And, thank you very much for your hard work on FreeBSD. I use FreeBSD whenever I can. I use it as an example in my classes, and I make sure that my research tools operate correctly on FreeBSD. Cheers, Warren ++++++ Dr. Warren A. Hunt, Jr. Professor Department of Computer Science 1 University Station, M/S C0500 The University of Texas Austin, TX 78712-0233 E-mail: hunt@cs.utexas.edu Tel: +1 512 471 9748 FAX: +1 512 471 8885 URL: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/hunt