USB mouse/keyboard stops working after photon starts.

QNX USERS QNX6 - OS
1

Hi,

We are trying to run QNX 6.5.0 on server configuration having Intel S2600CP2 Server Motherboard.
This motherboard has Integrated Matrox* G200 2D video graphics controller.
If we boot from live dvd then keyboard and mouse stops responding once photon session starts.

On command line if I check pci listing for graphics then I get
VGA Display
VID=>102bh Matrox Graphics
PID=>522h MGA G200e pilot serverengines[SCPI]

If I check on supported hardware list in qnx site then this perticular Matrox device is not listed.

Please suggest me some way if I can start photon with some basic driver or guide me
if I can edit display configuration file manually before running photon session.

SGM

2

I don’t know any reason that the graphics chip would cause the keyboard to stop working.
I’m curious how you know the mouse was working before Photon starts?

3

When we boot from live cd an window appears asking for display setting and I can see mouse pointer.
But immediately keyboard stops working.So as you said mouse might get detected but may be not
fully functional.

I will try installing qnx on harddisk and see what happens.

SGM :slight_smile:

4

The evidence you describe suggests to me that the mouse never was working. What version of QNX are you booting from? I don’t think USB keyboard support on the install CD was particular good in 6.2 or 6.3.

5

Yes you can say that mouse was never working as system stops responding immediately after photon dialog box appears asking for display stetting.
I have tried with QNX 6.5.0.

I tried installing QNX on hard disk and installation completed without any problem.
But booting from hard disk ends in similar problem as with live cd

SGM

6

If it is important to have QNX run on this motherboard, there are various options. You could contact QNX if you have a support contract. Another option is to install on a different computer, and get your motherboard running as a target first. Then you can investigate more easily what is going wrong.

7

I have seen a similar problem on an Intel server board. It does not have a PS2 controller but Photon probes for it. It took almost a minute or so, but then suddenly mouse and keyboard worked fine and you could log in.