Bug 165942

Summary:	USB keyboard does not work in emergency mode on Dell GX280
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Dominic Duval <dduval>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Version:	4.0	CC:	cbasquez, jbaron, pjones
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Description Dominic Duval 2005-08-15 04:23:18 UTC

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Description of problem:
When booting the system in emergency mode on Dell GX280 machines, the keyboard will not work since USB drivers are not included in the initrd.

Note that the GX280 (and similar models) does not include any PS/2 emulation, so the system must rely exclusively on USB modules for keyboard access.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.9-5.EL

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Pass the 'emergency' argument when booting the kernel and try to use the keyboard afterward


  

Actual Results:  At the sulogin prompt, pressing some keys on the USB keyboard will not work

Expected Results:  Keys pressed on the keyboard should show up on the screen.

Additional info:

Modified the initrd with something like:

mkinitrd -f --preload="ehci-hcd uhci-hcd" /boot/initrd-2.6.9-5.EL.img 2.6.9-5.EL mkinitrd -f --preload="ehci-hcd uhci-hcd" /boot/initrd-2.6.9-5.ELsmp.img 2.6.9-5.ELsmp

This indeed solved the problem. So one solution would be to include USB drivers in all initrd, or at least detect the presence of a USB-only keyboard at install time, and modify the initrd correspondingly.

Comment 1 Pete Zaitcev 2005-08-31 01:11:52 UTC

I don't see how I can be of assistance here. Maybe Peter has ideas.

Comment 2 Pete Zaitcev 2006-01-27 04:25:14 UTC

Peter, please have a look at this. I would like have this resolved: either
fixed of closed as WONTFIX.

Comment 4 Jiri Pallich 2012-06-20 13:32:29 UTC

Thank you for submitting this issue for consideration in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The release for which you requested us to review is now End of Life. 
Please See https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

If you would like Red Hat to re-consider your feature request for an active release, please re-open the request via appropriate support channels and provide additional supporting details about the importance of this issue.