From: Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org>
To: Robert Cates <cates58@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: cannot access machine after apt-get dist-upgrade
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On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 11:58:55AM +0000, Robert Cates
<cates58@hotmail.com> was heard to say:
> this is going to be my new server, so there's no GUI, only text mode,
and
> it gets all the way to the login prompt, but the machine will not take
> keyboard (USB, which is what I always used) input. As I was saying, I
can
> see during the bootup that the network cards are not started, but I
can't
> tell why, so I'm therefore also unable to access the machine per remote
SSH.
OK -- have you tried booting with init=/bin/sh? I'm betting you still
won't be able to type, but it might be worth a try. You could also try
booting a live CD and using it to examine the system logs for clues about
what's happening.
Here's another thought: have you been loading the USB/network modules
from
/etc/modules or from udev/hotplug?
Daniel
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