Re: DragonFly-2.2.1 installation problem

[Michael Neumann <mneumann@xxxxxxxx>]

Archimedes Gaviola wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been booting a CD installer of 2.2.1 RELEASE but encountered a
> problem on typing a character with my USB keyboard. At the login
> prompt, I can't type any character like 'installer' or 'root' to
> proceed the installation process. I'm pretty sure the USB keyboard is
> functional. I've tested 'default boot' and 'disabled ACPI' options but
> seems no effect. I'm using a 2-way quad-core Intel Xeon IBM x3650.

I think you need to set the following tunable within the bootloader:

hw.usb.hack_defer_exploration=0

http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/commit/eabfb7a3e6d72525e3b2e512609c68d7dfbdd030
http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/commit/5d0fb0e6a13d29aab69eab8a3726d07f7ec9606b

Regards,

  Michael