Bug#267689: debian installer IA64 usb keyboard
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 2004-08-23 sarge-ia64-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux whitebox1 2.4.26-1-itanium-smp #1 SMP Tue Jun 8 20:39:36 MDT 2004 ia64 unknown
Date: Mon Aug 23 17:40:06 EDT 2004
Method: burned the iso from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/ia64/rc1/sarge-ia64-netinst.iso
Machine: Itanium 2
Processor: Itanium 2
Memory: 8 Gb
Root Device: IDE CDROM
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Choose the language: [E]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
My Itanium has no ps2. The only way to plug a keyboard is to use USB.
The USB keyboard doesn't work with the netinst cdrom.
So I tested the network pxe installation but the keyboard still not
work.
So I tried to modify the initrd in order to load the usb-uhci kernel
module: I mount -o loop the initrd file, and add these ugly lines on
/sbin/debian-installer-startup:
depmod -a
modprobe usb-uhci
With these 2 lines, the keyboard works.
dmesg, cpuinfo, etc. can be found at:
http://linux.ensimag.fr/~acrequy/bazard/Debian-IA64-usbkeybord-bugreport/
I suggest:
- either detecting correctly the USB keyboard
- either adding a kernel parameter like "loadmodule=usb-uhci" and parse
/proc/cmdline in some init scripts.
Feel free to ask another details.
--
Alban Crequy
Stagiaire
Révolution Linux http://www.revolutionlinux.com
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