From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 01:23:45 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BC215345 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2014 01:23:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93E4F1D53 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2014 01:23:45 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=/i2njmhsSwZb6hjrOauLYhbJErOF7vYsud1P1ZTL1JQ=; b=gIRcs3R/33w5kjgI2klaifMf7wFzg6sRuCkSwNRLaZM/X4uKShpIj0UqVJv0cYx4xN1tgm5qXp6fnpNkRipMGj76PKKgCX6Q3zQnfmo307IYQ1NcqLolSGnlXzDjXGvucrWkRB8CcjRR8P5FbfAa2RJxumgM41rYuSy8VMVJu2Q=; Received: from [182.55.101.96] (port=29224 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1WXKlG-002DPb-Np; Mon, 07 Apr 2014 19:23:39 -0600 Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 09:23:35 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: Joshua Lokken Subject: Re: USB keyboard in FreeBSD 10 amd64 installer Message-ID: <20140408092335.2674f829@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 01:23:45 -0000 Hi, On Mon, 7 Apr 2014 18:00:56 -0700 Joshua Lokken wrote: > I am unable to boot into the FreeBSD 10 amd64 installer with any USB > keyboard. The keyboard works in the BIOS, works properly under other > OSes, but I am thus far unable to enter the installer on this > workstation. what do you really get on that machine? > > I'm unsure how to proceed -- I'm running FreeBSD 10 amd64 on a laptop > without any issues at all, just having trouble getting "into" the > installer on this desktop. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. It all sounds weird as I use USB keyboards and mice since 2009 exclusively on none notebooks. I noticed on one machine that one mouse does not work on USB3 but on the other USB connectors. Did you try to change the connector? Erich