Re: keymap.sh hangs init without keyboard.
Joe Blow(mightybastion@gmail.com) is reported to have said:
> I have a headless Debian Etch box with no keyboard and no mouse. I
> only access the machine through ssh or a serial console. Whenever I
> coldboot (or reboot) the machine, init stops somewhere in keymap.sh.
> The only way to get it to continue is to plug in a keyboard and press
> "Enter". For the time being, I've removed the console-common package
> (which contains /etc/init.d/keymap.sh). This allows the machine to
> boot properly without a keyboard.
>
> 1. What are the longterm consequences of removing console-common?
> 2. Can anyone suggest why keymap.sh might hang in the absence of a
> keyboard? Any ideas on how to fix keymap.sh?
I have a similar setup. I just changed the bios to not halt when no
keyboard is attached. No changes to debian were necessary.
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