On Fri, 7 May 2010 19:46:52 -0700
"J.C. Roberts" <list-...@designtools.org> wrote:
> > > Also, is there a setting for USB mode in the BIOS?
> > >
> > > Sometimes listed as USB Drive emulation, or similar.
> >
> > There is a USB Emulation mode. If I turn USB Emulation off, then all
> > the problems of the USB drives freezing the system go away, but it
> > still leaves me with the first issue of the bootable device. Without
> > USB emulation on, it actually won't boot from any USB devices.
>
> It often depends on the *type* of emulation, and sometimes the USB
> Emulation/Mode setting must be used in conjunction with specific boot
> device settings.
>
> [...]
>
> Considering where you put the "It Dies Here" note in your posted dmesg
> (thanks) and your subsequent successful boots with "USB Emulation" set
> to "Off", it seems Legacy Mode is at least part of your problem, if
> not the entire problem.
That seems to explain the reason that OpenBSD freezes up whenever a USB
storage device is plugged in after the system is already booted. So
clearly I do want to have 'USB Emulation' set to 'Off'.
This still leaves the issue as I described previously, where without
USB Emulation 'On', USB devices cannot be used to boot. I've even tried
selecting the boot device on startup (by pressing 'esc') but the USB
devices simply do not show up without the emulation on.
> On Fri, 7 May 2010 13:57:32 -0700 Ben Niccum <be...@bendtel.com>
> wrote:
> > On Fri, 7 May 2010 22:06:57 +0200
> > Tobias Ulmer <tobi...@tmux.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Try setting "Plug and play OS" in the BIOS to yes.
> >
> > I was unable to find such a setting in the BIOS.
>
> You obviously did not even bother to check... RTFM!
> (And I wonder why I bothered when you didn't?)
>
> See page #51 of the VB7001 User Manual ("PNP" == "Plug and Play")
> http://www.via.com.tw/servlet/downloadSvl?id=490&download_file_id=3693
My apologies. I do appreciate your effort. I did look through the
manual briefly for anything on 'Plug and Play' Operating Systems, but I
was unaware of 'PnP' being an abbreviation of 'Plug and Play'. I
assumed that since it was coupled to the PCI configuration that it
would have been something altogether different. And in doing so, made a
small fool of myself.
> If the manual is showing the default state ("No"), then it's wrong.
> You should set it to "Yes" and you should also enable "Reset
> Configuration Data" if you change hardware around.
>
> [...]
I went back into the BIOS and set PnP to 'Yes' and enabled 'Reset
Configuration Data', but still had no success. I tried that with the
USB Emulation both on and off.
My thoughts are that this is more than likely an issue that VIA didn't
address properly. I have contacted technical support with them, but
our discussion has been slow to progress.
-Ben
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Ben Niccum
be...@bendtel.com
