Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:30:41 +0100 From: Dominik Ernst <dernst@gmx.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: geli problem (???) Message-ID: <20100115233041.6b4c38b2@traal.sol> In-Reply-To: <532b03711001150218u3caa45f0h2a1f6a9d0bf6ed9e@mail.gmail.com> References: <532b03711001150218u3caa45f0h2a1f6a9d0bf6ed9e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:18:57 +0200 Angelin Lalev <lalev.angelin@gmail.com> wrote: > I have Intel DG45ID + Core2 machine with USB keyboard and I want to > use geom_eli to encrypt my entire freebsd partition. > My FreeBSD version is freebsd 8.0p2, my Drive is SATA and I have USB > keyboard and mouse. I intend to boot via USB flash disk and attach the > partition at boot. > Everything works as described in the documentation, except for a nasty > problem. When I try to attach my encrypted partition at boot, it seems > that my enter key on the keyboard gets stuck and keep sending LF to my > console continuously. The keyboard and the key though are 100% ok > (tested on windows). > I'm not getting this problem when I use geli to attach the partition > after boot, only at boot time (geom_eli_load=YES in loader.conf). > > I'm not quite sure that the problem isn't the USB keyboard itself or > to be more exactly the USB support for that keyboard. For example when > I go to "mountroot" prompt (screwed fstab) I can't type a thing. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Hi, I had the same symptoms with a USB keyboard and the geli prompt. However it seems to be fixed in 8.0-STABLE. If you didnt compile your own world/kernel try running freebsd-update. Otherwise or if that didnt help try building kernel and/or world from the stable sources. As a workaround it helped for me using either a PS/2 keyboard or a PS/2-USB-adapter. Cheers
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