Bug#369048: Keyboard freezes as soon as the boot loader starts, but system works (Linux 2.6.15, HP Netserver LP1000r, Symbios Logic 53c1010 Ultra3 SCSI)
On Saturday 27 May 2006 02:24, Olivier Lange wrote:
> Immediately after the GRUB boot loader starts for the first time, the
> keyboard freezes and the lights/leds start to blink quite quickly in
> sequence from right to left.
That is totally weird. There is no real reason why running the grub
installer should interfere with the keyboard. There must be something
more structural going on.
> The system then automatically boots the first entry from the GRUB
> menu and starts normally all operations. It can be accessed thru the
> network SSH console once started. No problems reported within 'dmesg'.
You mean after completing the rest of the installation normally? How did
you manage that if the keyboard stopped working after grub installation?
If the installation was not finished normally, you've basically got a
broken system as there are several scripts needed to complete the
installation that have not been run and a number of these concern
localization.
If you can access the system using ssh, you may be able to repair things
manually, but figuring how exactly what needs fixing may be hard.
It would be better to try to trace what is causing the problem during grub
installation.
> Would you have any suggestion on why the keyboard freezes and how to
> solve it?
No, not really. What we can do is help you try to trace the problem, but
that will probably require several reinstalls.
Cheers,
FJP
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