[OpenIndiana-discuss] No keyboard during install of oi 148

[Gary Gendel]

Daniel,

You are not alone.  You can get past this by plugging in a USB mouse and 
keyboard, but be warned...  I tried the following:

a) Install from LiveCD using USB mouse and keyboard - Installs but boot 
hangs after "hostname" message.  kernel debug messages don't show 
anything useful.
b) Upgrade from 147 to 148 via repository...  Still hangs after hostname 
message.
c) Install fresh 148 from Repository (Using Moinakg's script 
http://moinakg.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/network-installer-for-openindiana).  
Same deal.

Since I cannot get past the hang and I cannot get any useful debug 
output I'm going to wait for the next release and hope that it will 
either be fixed or I can get something useful out of it.  That (b) 
failed makes me feel that something fundamental is wrong.

I use this laptop as a testbench before upgrading my second machine, a 
Sunfire v20z, that runs all my services (file, mail, router, web, etc.) 
but I tried it there anyway.  It's running 134b, and upgrading via the 
repository ended up with other things broken...  Something is eating up 
80% of the cpu but doesn't show up in the prstat output.  The latest 
guess is that something is in a tight "spawn child which dies" loop.  
Also, I was unable to get apcupsd to run without crashing in the usb 
library (even building it again from scratch).  I might try (c) to get a 
fresh 148 install for testing, but this would take all my services 
offline during that time.

Be patent; these things will get fixed.  We have a very bright, small, 
overworked, developer community that are doing their best.  Since people 
like you and I are not providing good diagnostic information we just 
have to hang tight and wait for someone that can.

Regards,
Gary

On 1/18/11 7:00 AM, openindiana-discuss-request at openindiana.org wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:15:25 +0100
> From: Daniel Bossert<openindiana at dalll.se>
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> Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] No keyboard during install of oi 148
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> Hi group
> I tested oi 148 with virtualbox on my macbook and that works
> perfect.
>
> Yesterday I wanted to install oi148 on my pc. The following
> was:
> I could check the entry on the grub menu and start the installation
> (live media).
> However when I had to select the language or keyboard; I
> could not enter anything. I could type on my keyboard - no reaction.
> I
> have a PS/2-Keyboard.
>
> Does someone had the same experience?
>
> Now I
> have installed osol snv134; today evening I want to upgrade it to oi148
> this way.
> I hope my keyboard is working after that?
>
> Kind
> regards
> Daniel
>
>