Bug 448163 - Install hangs at media check--no response to keyboard input
Summary: Install hangs at media check--no response to keyboard input
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 9
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-05-23 20:42 UTC by Michael Tiemann
Modified: 2009-07-14 14:19 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2009-07-14 14:19:53 UTC
Type: ---
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Log anaconda during installation fedora 10 beta (2.94 KB, application/octet-stream)
2008-10-04 16:39 UTC, MICHEL Serge
no flags Details
File syslog during Installation Fedora 10 beta (56.73 KB, application/octet-stream)
2008-10-04 16:41 UTC, MICHEL Serge
no flags Details
last file during installation fedora 10 beta his name is X.log (33.24 KB, application/octet-stream)
2008-10-04 16:42 UTC, MICHEL Serge
no flags Details

Description Michael Tiemann 2008-05-23 20:42:05 UTC
Description of problem:

I have a freshly burned DVD of Fedora 9 for x86_64.  I have successfully
installed Fedora 9 using that DVD onto my MacBook Pro.  When I attempt to
install on my MacPro, the installation hangs at the media check.  The keyboard
input works before that (I can select what kind of install I want, and I can set
boot options, such as nomediacheck=1), but when the bootstrap launches, it
invariably offers me a blue screen with two large red boxes, one to accept a
media check and one to skip a media check.  Neither the keyboard that came with
the MacPro nor a much older Mac keyboard (plugged into a variety of USB ports)
are able to signal the response.  Moreover, the trackball (also attached to a
USB port) is also ignored.  Without being able to respond to or to skip the
media check, the installation stalls.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Fedora 9.

How reproducible:

Try booting a late-model 8-core Mac Pro with 16GB of RAM.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install bootcamp and split the primary 500GB hard disk into two equal partitions
2. Install rEFIt version 0.11 (EFI Revision 1.10, Platform x86_64, Firmware:
Apple 1.10)
3. Install bootable Fedora 9 DVD
4. Select Linux DVD for booting
5. Select Install or Upgrade existing system
6. Wait until offered the choice to do a media check
7. Type Return (or Enter or TAB or Alt-TAB) and see that nothing happens
  
Actual results:

Hang--no visible response from any keyboard input

Expected results:

Progress in installation

Additional info: My 8-core MacPro has 16GB of RAM and is new as of April.

Comment 1 MICHEL Serge 2008-10-04 16:39:46 UTC
Created attachment 319465 [details]
Log anaconda during installation fedora 10 beta

I join too syslog

Comment 2 MICHEL Serge 2008-10-04 16:41:20 UTC
Created attachment 319466 [details]
File syslog during Installation Fedora 10 beta

Comment 3 MICHEL Serge 2008-10-04 16:42:21 UTC
Created attachment 319467 [details]
last file during installation fedora 10 beta his name is X.log

Comment 4 Timur Tabi 2009-03-24 15:57:14 UTC
I'm experiencing the same exact problem with Fedora 10 on a Sun Microsystems PC.  My keyboard is a no-name USB keyboard.

Comment 5 Bug Zapper 2009-06-10 01:07:39 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora 9 is nearing its end of life.
Approximately 30 (thirty) days from now Fedora will stop maintaining
and issuing updates for Fedora 9.  It is Fedora's policy to close all
bug reports from releases that are no longer maintained.  At that time
this bug will be closed as WONTFIX if it remains open with a Fedora 
'version' of '9'.

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Comment 6 Bug Zapper 2009-07-14 14:19:53 UTC
Fedora 9 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-07-10. Fedora 9 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.


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