Navigation

    Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Register
    • Login
    • Search
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search

    Unresponsive console menu V2.2.4

    General pfSense Questions
    4
    7
    814
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • D
      divsys last edited by

      I've installed more than a few copies of pfSense and have run into an issue on a few occasions where the console keyboard stops responding.

      The few times I've noticed this is when I've hit "Enter" repeatedly, (impatiently) waiting to see if a modem is going to refresh and give me a WAN IP.

      After hitting "Enter" 5+(?) times in rapid succession, a few systems don't refresh the menu and the keyboard stops responding.

      The physical keyboard is "alive", Numlk & Capslk work and the ScrLk lets me move back and forth through the screen buffer, but nothing else seems to respond.

      pfSense continues to run without a problem, I can access the GUI and even SSH in and get a console.

      I've tried unplugging the keyboard and even changing to a different model of keyboard and I can't seem to get the menu back.

      I've seen this happen with both USB and PS2 keyboards.

      It's not a huge issue just an annoyance when it occurs, as the only way I can get a physical menu is by rebooting the box.

      I'd love if there was a keystroke or even a command line I could use to force the physical menu to restart without restarting everything else…...

      -jfp

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • dotdash
        dotdash last edited by

        The workaround for this old Sun bug may be helpful.
        SunSolve Bug ID: 4256482
        –-----------------------
        Problem: Banging on keyboard during cde startup causes dtwm hang
        Workaround: Don't bang on the keyboard like a wild monkey

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • D
          doktornotor Banned last edited by

          ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • D
            divsys last edited by

            Workaround: Don't bang on the keyboard like a wild monkey

            :D

            Yah, I've considered that too …

            Part of the reason this remains a nuisance is that my "rapid succession" rate could be as "slow" as 5 times in 7 seconds.
            Not exactly "patient" but not "wild monkey" speed either.

            -jfp

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • jimp
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate last edited by

              I've not seen this happen before on a VGA or serial console, and I have been guilty of mashing enter a bit before.

              Try pressing ctrl-c or ctrl-d next time it happens, and if you have GUI access check the system log to see if it complained about anything there, like maybe a limit was reached.

              Remember: Upvote with the 👍 button for any user/post you find to be helpful, informative, or deserving of recognition!

              Need help fast? Netgate Global Support!

              Do not Chat/PM for help!

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • D
                divsys last edited by

                Well it just so happens I'm sitting beside one of these today (and for a week more, I'm on site at a remote customer).

                This is a Dell PE1850 last rebooted about a month ago when I brought it up to 2.2.4.

                <enter>, <ctrl-c>, <ctrl-d>all do nothing to change the screen display.

                <scrlk>lets me review all the way back to the previous boot messages.

                If I unplug and plug in the USB keyboard I get status messages on screen showing the USB disconnect and reconnect.

                The System->General log file goes back to the reboot and doesn't show me anything horribly bad - it does log the keyboard dis/re-connects as well.

                Very peculiar…......</scrlk></ctrl-d></ctrl-c></enter>

                -jfp

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • D
                  divsys last edited by

                  Here's recent the log file in case someone see's something I can't….

                  -jfp

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • First post
                    Last post