can't use keyboard

unicorn

I can't use keyboard type my username and password to login to my system, but it works fine with NetBSD, any idea?

nettester

I probably won't be much help outside of some general thoughts but what kind of keyboard and system are we talking about here? By simple logic there is pretty much three options:

1) The keyboard isn't recognized at all (kinda unlikely unless it's something special)

2) The keyboard is recognized but the system decides to use some other device for console input (not sure what this device could be - serial ports would likely also be used for output leaving you with a blank screen so those are out i guess)

3) The keyboard is recognized but for whatever reason it's not working correctly (again kinda unlikely with a generic device like an USB keyboard or similar).

unicorn

both of my internal and external keyboards work well before, they can only work in sigle user mode now.

Jay

unicorn do share dmesg from single user more

rvp

unicorn both of my internal and external keyboards work well before, they can only work in sigle user mode now.

Do you have a keymap= line in /etc/rc.conf? A wrong one there can easily account for your symptom.

unicorn

Jay
there's no internet connection in sigle user mode, how can I get dmesg information?

Jay

unicorn you can save it to text file and copy that using USB to share from other machine.

nettester

unicorn

You could save it to an USB dongle, i guess.

Comparing to multiuser mode is another question but maybe there are some clues in the single user messages already and if it really becomes necessary there is this clever trick another user told me about: If one takes a video of the screen it's possible to pause or slow down the messages. It's kinda genius.

Edit: Got ninja'd 😉

unicorn

I record a video

rvp

unicorn I record a video

The Great (Fire)Wall of China is a problem for some of us, mate...

If you can ssh into the machine from a phone or another PC, then you can do a dmesg & get the output.

nettester

rvp The Great (Fire)Wall of China is a problem for some of us, mate...

It's loading for me but i think it wants me to login (not 100% sure - i can't read Chinese) and i don't even have a google account, let alone a baidu one.

unicorn

nettester It's loading for me but i think it wants me to login (not 100% sure - i can't read Chinese) and i don't even have a google account, let alone a baidu one.

I think login is not necessary

rvp If you can ssh into the machine from a phone or another PC, then you can do a dmesg & get the output.

I don't familiar with ssh, I don't know how to use it

rvp Do you have a keymap= line in /etc/rc.conf? A wrong one there can easily account for your symptom

no, that line is not in my /etc/rc.conf
Any other video sites I can upload videos?

rvp

unicorn I don't familiar with ssh, I don't know how to use it

Boot into single-user mode, then type these commands:

mount -u -w /
echo 'sshd_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
mount -u -r /
poweroff

On the next boot, you should have the sshd server running. Install an ssh/sftp/scp client on any other machine (even Android), then you will be able to log-in (using the IP address) and run commands and fetch files from your "server".

(BTW, it's pretty easy to get networking going in single-user mode too if you want that...)

unicorn

rvp (BTW, it's pretty easy to get networking going in single-user mode too if you want that...)

I can't ssh to my computer without the internet, how do I get it to work?

rvp

unicorn I can't ssh to my computer without the internet, how do I get it to work?

You don't need an internet connection to connect to machines on the local network. Just:

ssh user@IP.ADD.RE.SS                                   # or, putty ...

will do. But, if you want networking in single-user mode:

root# hostname foo.localdomain				# set own hostname
root# ifconfig lo0 127.0.0.1				# bring up loopback IF

root# mount -t tmpfs none /tmp				# mount a RW /tmp
root# ifconfig						# get IF list
root# dhclient -l /tmp/dh.lease -p /tmp/dh.pid re0	# req. ipaddr on IF
DHCPDISCOVER on re0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
DHCPDISCOVER on re0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
DHCPDISCOVER on re0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 21
DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.1
DHCPREQUEST on re0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1
bound to 192.168.1.106 -- renewal in 3600 seconds.	# <-- your ipaddr
root# ping -4nc5 google.com				# check IPv4 conn.
root#

(Getting WiFI to work is a few more steps...)

unicorn

rvp You don't need an internet connection to connect to machines on the local network. Just:
ssh user@IP.ADD.RE.SS # or, putty ...

I don't know my ip address, ifconfig doesn't show ip adress without internet

unicorn

rvp
great, I had got my dmesg

rvp

unicorn great, I had got my dmesg

Looks OK. Can you post the output of these commands:
single-user mode is OK:

sha1 /etc/defaults/rc.conf /etc/rc.d/syscons /etc/devd.conf
cat /etc/rc.conf

In multi-user mode (ssh in as a regular user, then become root):

ps -Au
ls -l /dev/

unicorn

rvp sha1 /etc/defaults/rc.conf /etc/rc.d/syscons /etc/devd.conf

termbin

rvp cat /etc/rc.conf

termbin

rvp ps -Au

termbin

rvp ls -l /dev/

termbin

rvp

unicorn That ps -Au should've been done in multi-use mode, but, never mind. I can't see anything wrong so far. Let's see if this is a general issue or just an Xorg/slim issue:

In slim, do the LEDs light up when you press the CapsLock/NumLock keys?
Can you disable/comment-out slim in /etc/rc.conf then reboot and check if input works?

unicorn

rvp
It works after disable slim, I got 10750 patches and upgraded to 14.0 BETA1 successfully.
but neither startx nor pkg update works.