[MinnowBoard] Minnowboard Turbot doesn't see USB keyboard most of the time... [Update]

Rick Thomas rbthomas at pobox.com
Thu May 3 02:09:55 UTC 2018


It gets worse…  Now, even the “reboot from a working CF card” trick isn’t working for me.  I can’t get it to display the boot menu in the BIOS at all.  When booting, the keyboard is simply ignored, no matter what the history is.

So, I can’t find out what the firmware rev is…  It requires a working keyboard to find out!

I’m at my wits end!
Rick

> On May 2, 2018, at 2:46 PM, Richardson, Brian <brian.richardson at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, I did forget to ask what firmware version you're using (silly me).
> 
> Latest version is 0.97. Binary firmware images available here:
> https://firmware.intel.com/projects/minnowboard-max 
> 
> Thanks … br
> ---
> Brian Richardson, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, Intel Software
> brian.richardson at intel.com -- @intel_brian (Twitter & WeChat)
> https://software.intel.com/en-us/meet-the-developers/evangelists/team/brian-richardson 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elinux-MinnowBoard [mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Kryder
> Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 5:41 PM
> To: MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion <elinux-minnowboard at lists.elinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [MinnowBoard] Minnowboard Turbot doesn't see USB keyboard most of the time... [Update]
> 
> maybe if you can get a copy of the current firmware and the version just prior to that you could start by flashing the prior version just to test.
> if that version works you could keep it or try flashing the latest to see if anything changes with that version.
> On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 1:52 PM Rick Thomas <rbthomas at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> I do the following:
>> 0) start with a plain-out-of-the-box dual core minnow board with a 2 
>> Amp
> power supply and an HDMI monitor attached.
>> 1) remove all USB and SD modules
>> 2) connect a keyboard and mouse to the top (USB2) slot via a powered 
>> hub
>> 3) unplug the power to the minnowboard then re-plug it, and hit F2 
>> many
> times
>> Result: there is no response to the keyboard or mouse.  It runs the
> memory check then goes to the UEFI shell (which shows no devices).  I try to type “exit” and there is no response.
> 
>> Variations:
>> 4) Plug the keyboard (without a mouse) directly into the top plug 
>> (USB2)
> and repeat.  Again same — no response to the keyboard.
>> 5) Plug the powered hub with keyboard and mouse attached into the 
>> bottom
> (USB3) plug.  Same — no response to keyboard.
>> 6) same as above with a USB stick holding Ubuntu installer plugged 
>> into
> the powered hub (or directly into the lower slot or even directly into the upper slot — with the keyboard plugged into the other slot) — Same.
> 
>> But:
>> 7) If i insert an SD card with Ubuntu installed on it, and 
>> unplug/replug
> then it will boot to Ubuntu (again, no response to the keyboard during UEFI phase).  Under Ubuntu, the keyboard is live — just as normal for Linux.
> 
>> And:
>> With Ubuntu running, I can tell Ubuntu to reboot.  And (lo and 
>> behold!)
> if I hit the F2 key while it is rebooting the keyboard is live and I get dropped into the BIOS boot menu.  I can then use the keyboard to choose to boot from either the Ubuntu SD card or a USB stick with the Ubuntu installer, or anything else I might wish.  Magic!
> 
> 
>> So…  I’m guessing that Ubuntu does some kind of initialization on the 
>> USB
> hardware that survives the reboot as long as the power is not removed.  But unplugging the power causes that initialization state to be reset and the keyboard goes inactive until the next time it boots into Ubuntu.
> 
>> It’s starting to sound like a firmware bug… If so, I’ll be happy to 
>> work with the engineers to debug it and test a
> fixed firmware version.
> 
>> Enjoy!
>> Rick
> 
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