DRAC session looses keyboard connections (not just the focus)

[christian.peper at kpn.com]

Bas,

Yes I know about this work-around. :) I get that all the time. DRAC
somehow changes focus to the console window but doesn't inform Windows
about or so. VERY annoying, especially when it happens in the middle of
typing commands and suddenly half of your command line gets typed
somewhere else. Annoying but manageable.

This is different in that it really seems to loose the connection not
just the focus.
No matter what I try, I can't get any key presses to be sent to the
console window any more. Weird but also very cumbersome since I can't
debug anything by changing to alternative console thru alt-f2 or alt-f3,
as this happens during the OS deployment inside the boot kernel...

Chris.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com 
> [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Bas Roos
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 3:52 PM
> To: linux-poweredge at dell.com
> Subject: Re: DRAC session looses keyboard connections
> 
> Hi Christian,
> 
> I might have run into the same (or similar) problem that you 
> have described. I think I solve it by clicking in the console 
> screen itself, clicking on some other screen, and clicking on 
> the console screen again, after which my keyboard works 
> again. When I have multiple consoles open to multiple DRAC's, 
> I sometimes have to click on the console of some of them to 
> get things working again. It is a rather annoying bug, but 
> workable once you get the hang of it.
> 
> Not sure if this is the exact same problem you described, but 
> if it is, then I hope it helps :-)
> 
> With kind regards,
> 
> Bas Roos
> 
> linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com wrote on 10/13/2008 01:16:12 PM:
> 
> > Dear All,
> > 
> > I was wondering if any of you have previously noticed that a DRAC 
> > console sometimes looses the remote keyboard connectivity?
> > 
> > I can mount an ISO image and deploy a machine through the 
> console, but 
> > at some point the DRAC console looses the connectivity with my 
> > keyboard and I can no longer do anything. Not even (Linux) 
> switch to 
> > alternate TTYs. Only a ctrl-alt-del through the DRAC menu 
> works, only 
> > to loose connectivity again a few minutes later.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > Chris.
> > 
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