DL360 g5 won't take keyboard/mouse input on ilo virtual console (loaded with fc17)

[Max_P0wer]

I have a dl360 g5 loaded with fc17.  When the OS is booted, though, I am unable to use the keyboard/mouse in the virtual console of ILO2.  Duiring POST, the keyboard and mouse work fine.  During grub, I can use the arrow keys to move around the boot menu and select the kernel I want.  But, when it's booted, the keyboard and mouse are ignored in the virtual console.  The physical keyboard (both USB and PS/2) works fine at all times.

I tried booting KNOPPIX and the keyboard/mouse in the virtual console seem to work fine at all times.  So this problem seems specific to fc17 only.

Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!!!!

-Joe

[Johan Guldmyr]

Is this the same in both integrated remote console and the JAVA?

If you unplug the physical keyboard/mouse - does it work then?

[Max_P0wer]

This problem occurs in both the integrated remote console and the java remote console.  

This problem persists whether the physical keyboard is plugged in or not.

I forgot to mention that I've tried a myriad of clients (IE, Firefox, Chrome) on two OS's (xp and fc16) and this issue is experienced on all clients.  Admittedly, once I established that the problem was not present when the DL360 was booted into KNOPPIX, I ceased trying to test other clients.

I should mention that USB is turned on in the BIOS (I've read that it can cause issues if it's turned off).

[Johan Guldmyr]

So uh, is fc17 supported?

Try with a suppored OS such as a RHEL6 or 5 clone (Scientific Linux for example).

[Oscar A. Perez]

Your OS must be missing the UHCI driver. iLO Virtual KB/Mouse are connected to an UHCI device inside the iLO Chip. If the OS isn't loading an UHCI driver, the OS won't see the iLO Virtual KB/Mouse behind it.

[Max_P0wer]

Thanks, Oscar!  That might take me down the right path.

So, lspci has this:

01:04.0 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation Integrated Lights Out Controller (rev 03)
01:04.2 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation Integrated Lights Out Processor (rev 03)
01:04.4 USB Controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Integrated Lights-Out Standard Virtual USB Controller
01:04.6 IPMI SMIC interface: Hewlett-Packard Company Integrated Lights-Out Standard KCS Interface

Also, here is the relevant dmesg output for UHCI/USB.  It seems loaded and nothing sticks out to me as problematic.  (It gets more and more specific to the virtual keyboard at the bottom)

[ 0.955560] libphy: Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
[ 0.955681] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[ 0.955717] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.955722] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.955789] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 0.959695] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
[ 0.959704] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: cache line size of 64 is not supported
[ 0.959723] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 16, io mem 0xf7df0000
[ 0.965021] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 0.965049] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.965053] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.965056] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.965059] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.6.6-1.fc17.i686.PAE ehci_hcd
[ 0.965061] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
[ 0.965224] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.965231] hub 1-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
[ 0.965361] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[ 0.965383] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[ 0.965412] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.965417] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.965485] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 0.965536] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 16, io base 0x00001000

[ 0.965576] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.965580] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.965583] usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.965586] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.6.6-1.fc17.i686.PAE uhci_hcd
[ 0.965589] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 0.965728] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.965735] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.965841] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.965846] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.965917] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[ 0.965944] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 17, io base 0x00001020
[ 0.965986] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.965989] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.965993] usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.965995] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.6.6-1.fc17.i686.PAE uhci_hcd
[ 0.965998] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
[ 0.966161] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.966167] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.966271] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.966275] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.966341] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4

[ 0.966378] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 18, io base 0x00001040
[ 0.966417] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.966420] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.966423] usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.966426] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.6.6-1.fc17.i686.PAE uhci_hcd
[ 0.966429] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
[ 0.966564] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.966570] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.966670] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.966675] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.966743] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
[ 0.966782] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: irq 19, io base 0x00001060
[ 0.966821] usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.966824] usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.966827] usb usb5: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.966830] usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 3.6.6-1.fc17.i686.PAE uhci_hcd
[ 0.966833] usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.3
[ 0.966966] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.966971] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.967096] uhci_hcd 0000:01:04.4: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.967161] uhci_hcd 0000:01:04.4: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
[ 0.967175] uhci_hcd 0000:01:04.4: port count misdetected? forcing to 2 ports
[ 0.968048] uhci_hcd 0000:01:04.4: irq 22, io base 0x00003800

[ 0.968245] usb usb6: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.968249] usb usb6: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.968252] usb usb6: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.968255] usb usb6: Manufacturer: Linux 3.6.6-1.fc17.i686.PAE uhci_hcd
[ 0.968258] usb usb6: SerialNumber: 0000:01:04.4
[ 0.968395] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.968400] hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.968560] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[ 0.968579] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[ 0.968590] USB Serial support registered for generic
[ 0.968595] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
[ 0.968651] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBD,PNP0f0e:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[ 0.970304] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[ 0.970316] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 0.970484] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[ 0.970721] rtc_cmos rtc_cmos: RTC can wake from S4
[ 0.970894] rtc_cmos rtc_cmos: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[ 0.970925] rtc0: alarms up to one year, y3k, 114 bytes nvram, hpet irqs
[ 0.971060] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[ 0.971173] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.23.0-ioctl (2012-07-25) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
[ 0.971246] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[ 0.971250] cpuidle: using governor menu

[ 0.971667] EFI Variables Facility v0.08 2004-May-17
[ 0.971837] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 0.971839] usbhid: USB HID core driver

-snip-

[ 1.405682] usb 6-1: New USB device found, idVendor=03f0, idProduct=1027
[ 1.405687] usb 6-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.405690] usb 6-1: Product: Virtual Keyboard
[ 1.405693] usb 6-1: Manufacturer: HP

-snip-

[ 1.416251] input: HP Virtual Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:01:04.4/usb6/6-1/6-1:1.0/input/input2
[ 1.416383] hid-generic 0003:03F0:1027.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.01 Keyboard [HP Virtual Keyboard] on usb-0000:01:04.4-1/input0

[ 1.418372] sdb: sdb1
[ 1.418792] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[ 1.425128] sda: sda1
[ 1.425497] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 1.425588] Freeing unused kernel memory: 656k freed
[ 1.425846] input: HP Virtual Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:01:04.4/usb6/6-1/6-1:1.1/input/input3
[ 1.426072] Write protecting the kernel text: 5616k
[ 1.426078] hid-generic 0003:03F0:1027.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.01 Mouse [HP Virtual Keyboard] on usb-0000:01:04.4-1/input1

-snip-

[ 290.493945] irqbalance[622]: segfault at bf049ff0 ip 0804b2b0 sp bf049ff0 error 6 in irqbalance[8048000+8000]

Not sure if that last line is relevant.  Threw it in for other eyes.

Thanks!

-Joe

[Vilarinho]

Have you tried to start the " haldaemon " service? i had a similar problem in a RHEL6 and with haldaemon running the keyboard/mouse works fines.