Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 88366
Booting system without keyboard halts system
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:52:53 EDT
Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Install Red Hat 8.0 or Red Hat 9. Boot system without keyboard attached will not work. System hanges during boot process. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Load Red Hat 2. Remove Keyboard connector from system 3. Power on system. 4. Watch boot process hang after APM Actual results: Non booting system Expected results: Enter runlevel 3 Additional info: Intel 815e based system. 1U chassie for web / mail farm. Current working environment runs 7.3 7.2 and works fine. Updating to refresh version. IDE HDD with software RAID. Updated BIOS (and tried backrev) with no effect. Changed BIOS APM settings, no effect. Here is the boot process from screen. ******* ... (boot stuff) ... mtrr:detected mtrr type: Intel PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfda95, last bus=1 PCI: Using configuration type 1 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Transparent bridge - Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge PCI: Using IRQ router PIIX [8086/2440] at 00:1f.0 isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... isapnp: No Plug & Play device found Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 Initilizing RT netlink socket apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x0b (Driver version 1.16) ... ... (hangs here. Left in this state for 45min with no change) ...
Changing product and component so proper person will see this bug report.
Is this an installed system you are seeing the hang with, or a system that you are trying to get installed?
------- Additional Comments From msf@redhat.com 2003-04-11 15:38 ------- Is this an installed system you are seeing the hang with, or a system that you are trying to get installed? Answer: Did the installation ok. I had the keyboard and mouse connected for the install. Used text install (if it matters). The system boots fine if the keyboard is attached so it is not an "install" issue at all.
Reassigning.
Thats a strange place for such a hang but try "apm=off" as a boot option and see if that fixes it
I am experencing the same problem using rh9, on an intel CA810E mother board with the all the patches and updates installed from both Redhat and Intel.
Same problems with Intel CA810E and redhat 7.3 base updated to kernel 2.4.18-27.7.x. Specifying apm=no does workaround the problem - thanks. A real fix would be nice too.
Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem persists. The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/