When running FreeBSD 6.2-BETA3 or 6.1-RELEASE in a VMware session with encrypted root filesystem, the geli password prompt does not work when the root fs is mounted at boot time. I put kern.geom.eli.visible_passphrase=1 into /boot/loader.conf to see what's wrong, result: the keyboard doesn't work at all. When kbdmux is deactivated by putting hint.kbdmux.0.disabled="1" into /boot/device.hints, the behaviour changes: Keyboard partly works, but about 90% of all keystrokes are lost. The problem only seems to occur when mounting encrypted volumes at boot time. Other people on the mailing list report similar problems running FreeBSD on real hardware. How-To-Repeat: - Install 6.2-BETA3 or 6.1-RELEASE with encrypted root fs in VMware player - Put kern.geom.eli.visible_passphrase=1 into /boot/loader.conf - Also try to put hint.kbdmux.0.disabled="1" into /boot/device.hints
I'm running RELEASE-7.0, and with the same issues as this bug report.=20 =46rom my kernel config file: # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse device atkbdc # AT keyboard controller device atkbd # AT keyboard options ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP makeoptions ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP=3Dbr275.iso.acc device psm # PS/2 mouse #device kbdmux # keyboard multiplexer In my loader.conf I've put kern.geom.eli.visible_passphrase=3D1, so I can s= ee=20 what I type in prompt. Some keys from keyboard only work after pressing 2 o= r=20 3 times. =46reeBSD anderson-herzer.suite 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Mon Jun= 9=20 21:21:00 UTC 2008 =20 aline@anderson-herzer.suite:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ANDERSON i386 Thanks, =2D-=20 Aline de Freitas - Chave p=FAblica: ID DE632016 / keys.indymedia.org gpg --keyserver keys.indymedia.org --recv-keys DE632016
I'm running RELEASE-7.2 and found the same problem of lost keystrokes. It seems to be motherboard issue. After replacing a motherboard with the current type this problem occurred. It's a VIA C3-2 system with a VIA EPIA MII motherboard and a PS2 keyboard connected with a console switch using the GENERIC kernel with loaded geom_eli and geom_mirror modules. Loading padlock makes no difference. The crypted root filesystem is inside a geom mirror. The system boots from a CF connected to an IDE port. Adding kern.geom.eli.visible_passphrase is not a solution because this makes the passphrase visible in the logs. After falling through the passphrase questions you reach the failsafe mountpoint dialog still inside the kernel. Here the keyboard works without any problems. Outside the kernel in userspace after boot there are also no problems with the keyboard. loader.conf: padlock_load="YES" geom_mirror_load="YES" geom_eli_load="YES" rootdev="mirror/stms1a.eli" vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:mirror/stms1a.eli" kern.geom.eli.visible_passphrase=1 mirror/stms1a.eli was created with geli init -b. Thanks. .//. Arne -- Arne Steinkamm | Home: Mail: arne<at>steinkamm<dot>com IRC: Arne Tel.: +49.89.299756 | URL: http://WWW.Steinkamm.COM/ NIC-Handle: AS306 Laendstrasse 4 | 80538 Muenchen GERMANY |
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