Bug#283666: Package: installation-reports
> The kernel seems to load correctly, but when I get to the first
> installation screen "Please choose your language" the keyboard is
> completely frozen. The keyboard connected to the machine is the default
> SUN usb keyboard. I notice during the kernel boot that the usbkbd module
> is loaded.
>
> I found other bug reports linked to the usb keyboard on the Blade
> series. However, no solution suggested in those reports will unlock the
> keyboard on my machine. One solution suggested hitting the ESC key twice
> to go back a level in the install procedure. This has no effect for me.
>
I had this exact problem, Bug#275627 but I don't have access to that
machine any more. To progress, we need a listing of the PCI devices,
in particular the USB host controller device.
Can you try downloading and booting a gentoo live cd -
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml?part=1&chap=2
this should be enough to run
(lspci; lspci -n) |sort >lspci.sb100.txt
and scp the resulting file to some other host.
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