> I would like to install OpenBSD 3.9/sparc64 on my Sun Blade 100. I can
> boot of the CD, no problem but then when I arrive to the install prompt
> it's impossible to write any input through the keyboard, nothing happens
> if I type something with the keyboard and nothing appears on the screen.

Do you have, a few lines before the installation prompt, a ``vgafb0:
failed to find all ports'' message?

If so, you will need to install using a serial console, or boot with the
-c option, and disable vgafb and ohci, to force using the PROM interface
for console (a fix for this problem has been commited in -CURRENT).

Miod Vallat wrote:

> Do you have, a few lines before the installation prompt, a ``vgafb0:
> failed to find all ports'' message?

Yes this is correct, I can see the line "vgafb0: failed to find all
ports" when booting.


> If so, you will need to install using a serial console, or boot with the
> -c option, and disable vgafb and ohci, to force using the PROM interface
> for console (a fix for this problem has been commited in -CURRENT).

I tryed to do that and I could succesfully install OpenBSD 3.9 but then
when it's installed and I want to use it, I have got the same problem. I
get a login prompt but impossible to give any input. What can I do at
that stage ?

This means this bug will be fixed in the next release, OpenBSD 4.0 ?

Regards

"syn_NOSPAM_uw" wrote in message
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>
>
> Miod Vallat wrote:
>
>> Do you have, a few lines before the installation prompt, a ``vgafb0:
>> failed to find all ports'' message?
>
> Yes this is correct, I can see the line "vgafb0: failed to find all ports"
> when booting.
>
>
>> If so, you will need to install using a serial console, or boot with the
>> -c option, and disable vgafb and ohci, to force using the PROM interface
>> for console (a fix for this problem has been commited in -CURRENT).
>
> I tryed to do that and I could succesfully install OpenBSD 3.9 but then
> when it's installed and I want to use it, I have got the same problem. I
> get a login prompt but impossible to give any input. What can I do at that
> stage ?
>
> This means this bug will be fixed in the next release, OpenBSD 4.0 ?
>
> Regards

Remember I had this problem.
In my case, I had a PCI graphic adapter.
I took it out and everything worked ok, using the onboard graphic.

Regards, Andrzej

Andrzej Sydorko wrote:
> "syn_NOSPAM_uw" wrote in message
> news:9ee43$447d30aa$5449d3ca$27132@news.hispeed.ch ...
>
>>
>>Miod Vallat wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Do you have, a few lines before the installation prompt, a ``vgafb0:
>>>failed to find all ports'' message?
>>
>>Yes this is correct, I can see the line "vgafb0: failed to find all ports"
>>when booting.
>>
>>
>>
>>>If so, you will need to install using a serial console, or boot with the
>>>-c option, and disable vgafb and ohci, to force using the PROM interface
>>>for console (a fix for this problem has been commited in -CURRENT).
>>
>>I tryed to do that and I could succesfully install OpenBSD 3.9 but then
>>when it's installed and I want to use it, I have got the same problem. I
>>get a login prompt but impossible to give any input. What can I do at that
>>stage ?
>>
>>This means this bug will be fixed in the next release, OpenBSD 4.0 ?
>>
>>Regards
>
>
> Remember I had this problem.
> In my case, I had a PCI graphic adapter.
> I took it out and everything worked ok, using the onboard graphic.
>
> Regards, Andrzej
>
>
I have the same problem with v3.9 in amd64 with Linksys KVM:
no keyboard after boot. This occurred after upgrading from v3.8

However, if I press enter several time during dmesg -messages
of the boot sequence keyboard IS active when the logon -prompt arrives.

-pekka-

> I tryed to do that and I could succesfully install OpenBSD 3.9 but then
> when it's installed and I want to use it, I have got the same problem. I
> get a login prompt but impossible to give any input. What can I do at
> that stage ?

Either stick to serial console, or backport
sys/arch/sparc64/dev/vgafb_pci.c 1.45 to the 3.9 codebase, or use a
-current snapshot.

> This means this bug will be fixed in the next release, OpenBSD 4.0 ?

Yes.