[OpenIndiana-discuss] System halts on boot when there is no keyboard

[Robin Axelsson]

Hi,
I just discovered that the system simply won't boot when there is no 
keyboard present, all I see is a dead boot splash without the rolling 
orange sausage.

The intention of the system is to run it as a headless file server but I 
had to attach a keyboard to take care of regular HTSF errors that 
occurred in the BIOS. After a few BIOS updates the errors still occur 
but I don't need a keyboard to reset the system and try again until the 
BIOS can proceed without HTSF errors.

I also noticed that as soon as I insert the keyboard to the PS/2 port 
the orange sausage starts to roll and the system boots up, so it is as 
if the system is just sitting there waiting for a keyboard to say "Hello".

This looks like a bug to me but is there a way to circumvent this and 
still be able to use a keyboard whenever I plug one in on the PS/2 port 
while it's booted up and running (X)?