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Re: Read Error while programming the key. CAUSE: USB Keyboard.

2008-11-27T11:47:16+01:00

harish wrote:

Is the USB keyboard issue only with Windows? I just acquired two yubikeys and use Linux exclusively and I have thus far no issues with the USB keyboards I have on my systems.

The problem only appeared when re-programming the YubiKey. Normal usage works fine on all platforms.

/Simon

Statistics: Posted by Simon — Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:47 am

Re: Read Error while programming the key. CAUSE: USB Keyboard.

2008-10-31T13:07:39+01:00

Is the USB keyboard issue only with Windows? I just acquired two yubikeys and use Linux exclusively and I have thus far no issues with the USB keyboards I have on my systems.

Harish

Statistics: Posted by harish — Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:07 pm

Re: Read Error while programming the key. CAUSE: USB Keyboard.

2008-10-01T10:09:11+01:00

I can confirm the new DLL fixes this issue. Thanks.

Statistics: Posted by m1dst.james — Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:09 am

Re: Read Error while programming the key. CAUSE: USB Keyboard.

2008-09-20T20:51:29+01:00

Thanks everybody for your input - thanks to the secret word "Dell 8115", we got an attack vector to track down the bug.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=145

I know I owe some people a beer or two, but I beleive it would be easier to send you some spare Yubikeys... Everyone who have suffered and/or contributed, send me an e-mail and I'll ensure that some complementary keys are sent.

Regards,

Jakob E
Hardware- and firmware guy @ Yubico

Statistics: Posted by Jakob — Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:51 pm

Re: Read Error while programming the key. CAUSE: USB Keyboard.

2008-09-02T11:10:24+01:00

Interesting! Thanks for additional info.

As it happens, I happen to have a Dell SK-8115 keyboard, it is the one I'm typing on now. I'll see if I can reproduce it, or give it to Jakob to debug it.

/Simon

Statistics: Posted by Simon — Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:10 am

Re: Read Error while programming the key. CAUSE: USB Keyboard.

2008-09-02T10:48:51+01:00

Does it happen for you with any USB keyboard? Maybe the keyboard you have has a broken USB HID implementation, although I cannot really understand how it would cause problems: the USB device ids etc should make sure trafic gets to the proper device.

/Simon

Statistics: Posted by Simon — Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:48 am

Re: Read Error while programming the key. CAUSE: USB Keyboard.

2008-09-02T10:36:17+01:00

Update:

We have now identified it is not all manufacturers of keyboard.

Dell (SK-8115) - Fail
Toshiba (PX1252E-1DAC) - Success
Dell (RT7D40) - Success

I wonder if it is worth putting a wiki page up so people can add working/non working keyboards.

Could this also answer the issue that is being blamed on Vista? I am using Vista and using my keyboard it was fine. I don't think it is an OS issue as it doesn't seem to matter if the machine is Vista or XP the results are as above.

Statistics: Posted by m1dst.james — Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:36 am

Re: Read Error while programming the key. CAUSE: USB Keyboard.

2008-09-02T02:36:01+01:00

m1dst.james wrote:

We have identified an issue when programming a key. You get a read error produced if you are using a machine with a USB keyboard. It's taken us ages to work. Remove the keyboard and all is well.

Is there a work around to this that I have missed in the documentation?

I wonder.. It can't be any machine with any usb keyboard, or else everyone would by now have complained! I look forward to hearing further details from OP or yubico.

Statistics: Posted by ferrix — Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:36 am

Read Error while programming the key. CAUSE: USB Keyboard.

2008-09-01T17:34:08+01:00

Statistics: Posted by m1dst.james — Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:34 pm