Package: installation-reports Boot method: CDROM Image version: debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso (cygwin md5sum: 8213f19c9c7b7b4cd14d4b6e3e704a28), downloaded from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta2/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i 386-netinst.iso Date: May 26 19:14:19
Machine: HP Netserver LP1000r (P2465A), 3x 36.4 SCSI Ultra3 HD Processor: dual Pentium III (Coppermine) 1Ghz 256K cache Memory: 1GB ECC (1x 512MB + 2x 256MB) Partitions: (from /var/log/installer/hardware-summary) df: Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on df: tmpfs 453372 524 452848 0% /dev df: tmpfs 453372 524 452848 0% /dev df: tmpfs 453372 524 452848 0% /.dev df: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 549512 80924 439271 16% /target df: /dev/mapper/vgz-home 5591856 131260 5346976 2% /target/home df: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1 549512 130493 389702 25% /target/root.bkp1 df: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target2/lun0/part1 549512 130494 389701 25% /target/root.bkp2 df: /dev/mapper/vgz-srv 20642428 131260 20091740 1% /target/srv df: /dev/mapper/vgz-tmp 1965459 32911 1890605 2% /target/tmp df: /dev/mapper/vgz-usr 3096336 170824 2862600 6% /target/usr df: /dev/mapper/vgz-var 1965459 122935 1800581 6% /target/var Output of lspci and lspci -n: (from /var/log/installer/hardware-summary) umame -a: Linux solar-4 2.6.15-1-486 #1 Tue Feb 21 20:16:13 UTC 2006 i686 unknown lspci -v -t: -+-[01]-+-05.0 LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1010 Ultra3 SCSI Adapter lspci -v -t: | \-05.1 LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1010 Ultra3 SCSI Adapter lspci -v -t: \-[00]-+-00.0 Broadcom CNB20LE Host Bridge lspci -v -t: +-00.1 Broadcom CNB20LE Host Bridge lspci -v -t: +-02.0 Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] lspci -v -t: +-07.0 ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL lspci -v -t: +-08.0 Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] lspci -v -t: +-0f.0 Broadcom OSB4 South Bridge lspci -v -t: +-0f.1 Broadcom OSB4 IDE Controller lspci -v -t: \-0f.2 Broadcom OSB4/CSB5 OHCI USB Controller lspci -n: 0000:00:00.0 0600: 1166:0009 (rev 06) lspci -n: 0000:00:00.1 0600: 1166:0009 (rev 06) lspci -n: 0000:00:02.0 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 08) lspci -n: 0000:00:07.0 0300: 1002:4752 (rev 27) lspci -n: 0000:00:08.0 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 08) lspci -n: 0000:00:0f.0 0601: 1166:0200 (rev 50) lspci -n: 0000:00:0f.1 0101: 1166:0211 lspci -n: 0000:00:0f.2 0c03: 1166:0220 (rev 04) lspci -n: 0000:01:05.0 0100: 1000:0020 (rev 01) lspci -n: 0000:01:05.1 0100: 1000:0020 (rev 01) [snip] Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Root FS in /dev/sda1 (ext3) Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] GRUB in MBR of (hd0)=/dev/sda Reboot: [E] Comments/Problems: The Debian Installer boots nicely from the CDROM, honors all settings and installs the system. The keyboard works perfectly well (Swiss-French keyboard layout) during d-i. 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. 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'. However, the keyboard remains unusable for further console intervention. So the problem seems to me: the keyboard freezes as soon as the Boot loader launches. The lights keep blinking during all the time the system runs (only the keyboard freezes; Linux starts normally). During BIOS setup (before boot loader launches), or during the d-i phase, the keyboard works perfectly well. I tried numerous reinstalls, which all led to the same outcome: * boot: expert sym53c8xx=safe * boot: expert acpi=off * boot: expert noapic nolapic * boot: expert debian-installer/framebuffer=off * hardware: tried to remove one of the processors * hardware: tried another PS/2 keyboards * d-i: no keyboard layout (default kernel mapping) * d-i: installed LILO rather than GRUB * Sarge 3.1r2 (I am unsure if I can further ask here:) Would you have any suggestion on why the keyboard freezes and how to solve it? This is a quite critical problem to me: it prevents intervention on the console, which I would need in case of trouble with the filesystems (e. g. ext3 fsck; AFAIU, this happens before the network SSH console is available). Kind regards, Olivier -- Le Petit Atelier de Génie logiciel, http://www.petit-atelier.ch/
