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On 08/04/2018 00:18, Marc Joliet wrote: |
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> Hi list |
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> I have a bit of a weird issue. I recently acquired a used server (Fujitsu |
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> Primergy TX140 S1) via a friend of mine. I have Gentoo installed on it now |
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> and overall it works fine save for one perplexing issue [0]: The bootloader |
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> hangs when booting without a keyboard attached. I tried it with both GRUB and |
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> systemd-boot (which works nicely in combination with kernel-install); both |
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> only work with a keyboard attached. GRUB hangs when the countdown starts, |
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> while systemd-boot hangs when the cursor first appears, but before the boot |
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> entries are listed. In both cases the cursor freezes. |
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I can't help with a solution, but this is actually quite a common |
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problem. I remember ages ago copious reports of computer rooms with |
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these boxes that share one keyboard, mouse and screen amongst several |
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computers, and there were loads of complaints about systems refusing to |
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boot. |
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Go in ti the bios settings, and see if there's something about |
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keyboards. I really can't remember but there was something about a |
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missing keyboard triggering a bios boot error - cue all the jokes about |
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"keyboard missing, press F1 to continue". Actually, if you search on |
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that message, you might find something ... |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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