Re: Installation via remote console issues

[Christof Meerwald <cmeerw%cmeerw.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Aug 10, 2025 at 10:18:48PM -0000, Michael van Elst wrote:
> cmeerw%cmeerw.org@localhost (Christof Meerwald) writes:
> 
> >[     1.024915] pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
> >[     1.024915] autoconfiguration error: pckbc: cmd word write error
> 
> >Not sure what the error is about, but it probably confused the kernel
> >enough to not have a working keyboard.
> 
> 
> It's usually vice versa. "Probing" the PC keyboard kills the USB access.
> 
> 
> >So I initially tried to rebuild a kernel without the pckbc driver -
> >that only got a bit further to the point that the kernel then panicked
> >in ukbd_set_leds_task.
> 
> That I haven't seen and should be analyzed.

This is what I get in that case on the console (screenshotted, OCRed
and corrected):

2c0
Stopped in pid 0.216 (system) at	netbsd: breakpoint+0x5:	leave
breakpoint() at netbsd:breakpoint+0x5
upanic() at netbsd: upanic+0x171
panic() at netbsd:panic+0x3c
usbd_transfer() at netbsd:usbd_transfer+0x5be
usbd_do_request_len() at netbsd:usbd_do_request_len+0xdf
usbd_do_request() at netbsd:usbd_do_request+0x21
usbd_set_report() at netbsd:usbd_set_report+0x76
ukbd_set_leds_task() at netbsd:ukbd_set_leds_task+0x5d
usb_task_thread() at netbsd:usb_task_thread+0xb5
ds	0
es	0
fs	180
gs	5d80
rdi	0
rsi	ffffffff81da8000
rbp	ffffb4893f1d5dd0
rbx	ffffffff813d3363	ostype+0x21613
rdx	1
rcx	ffffffffffffff
rax	800000000000000
r8	0
r9	0
--db_more--

As there is no working keyboard, there isn't much I can do to get more
information at that point.

And this is how I changed the config (without that change I only get
the error from pckbc as mentioned in my original email):

Index: arch/amd64/conf/GENERIC
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/GENERIC,v
retrieving revision 1.617
diff -u -r1.617 GENERIC
--- arch/amd64/conf/GENERIC	4 Aug 2025 20:03:12 -0000	1.617
+++ arch/amd64/conf/GENERIC	11 Aug 2025 19:10:23 -0000
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
 
 # wscons
 pckbc0		at isa?			# pc keyboard controller
-pckbd*		at pckbc?		# PC keyboard
+#pckbd*		at pckbc?		# PC keyboard
 pms*		at pckbc?		# PS/2 mouse for wsmouse
 #options 	PMS_DISABLE_POWERHOOK	# Disable PS/2 reset on resume
 options 	PMS_SYNAPTICS_TOUCHPAD	# Enable support for Synaptics Touchpads
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
 options 	VCONS_DRAW_INTR
 wsdisplay*	at vga? console ?
 wsdisplay*	at wsemuldisplaydev?
-wskbd*		at pckbd? console ?
+#wskbd*		at pckbd? console ?
 wsmouse*	at pms? mux 0
 wsmouse*	at wsmousedev?
 


Christof

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