Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

2018-04-10 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Montag, 9. April 2018, 06:18:10 CEST schrieb Walter Dnes: > Is there an entry in BIOS setup for "Halt bootup or error" or the > opposite, "Continue bootup on error"? Try setting that if it exists. > That won't fix the root problem, but may ignore it and boot up > successfully. It's already

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

2018-04-08 Thread Walter Dnes
Is there an entry in BIOS setup for "Halt bootup or error" or the opposite, "Continue bootup on error"? Try setting that if it exists. That won't fix the root problem, but may ignore it and boot up successfully. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

2018-04-08 Thread R0b0t1
On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 1:04 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 10:47:06 -0500, R0b0t1 wrote: > >> >> Use the dongle from a wireless keyboard. >> > >> > That's also a good idea, I wasn't sure if you could buy those without >> > a keyboard and hadn't thought to check.

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

2018-04-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 10:47:06 -0500, R0b0t1 wrote: > >> Use the dongle from a wireless keyboard. > > > > That's also a good idea, I wasn't sure if you could buy those without > > a keyboard and hadn't thought to check. Funnily enough, this is > > exactly what I've been doing so far (I have a

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

2018-04-08 Thread R0b0t1
On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Marc Joliet wrote: > Am Sonntag, 8. April 2018, 16:49:55 CEST schrieb Neil Bothwick: >> On Sun, 08 Apr 2018 15:18:21 +0200, Marc Joliet wrote: >> > > Yeah, I did hear about those while researching the problem (forgot to >> > > mention, sorry), but

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

2018-04-08 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Sonntag, 8. April 2018, 16:49:55 CEST schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Sun, 08 Apr 2018 15:18:21 +0200, Marc Joliet wrote: > > > Yeah, I did hear about those while researching the problem (forgot to > > > mention, sorry), but thanks for pointing out how cheap they are. > > > > Ugh, I misread, yeah,

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

2018-04-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 08 Apr 2018 15:18:21 +0200, Marc Joliet wrote: > > Yeah, I did hear about those while researching the problem (forgot to > > mention, sorry), but thanks for pointing out how cheap they are. > > Ugh, I misread, yeah, of course those exist and are cheap (sadly I only > have USB->PS/2

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

2018-04-08 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Sonntag, 8. April 2018, 14:11:57 CEST schrieb Marc Joliet: > Yeah, I did hear about those while researching the problem (forgot to > mention, sorry), but thanks for pointing out how cheap they are. Ugh, I misread, yeah, of course those exist and are cheap (sadly I only have USB->PS/2

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

2018-04-08 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Sonntag, 8. April 2018, 13:35:02 CEST schrieb Wols Lists: > On 08/04/2018 00:18, Marc Joliet wrote: > > Hi list > > > > I have a bit of a weird issue. I recently acquired a used server (Fujitsu > > Primergy TX140 S1) via a friend of mine. I have Gentoo installed on it > > now > > and overall

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

2018-04-08 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Sonntag, 8. April 2018, 02:18:21 CEST schrieb mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com: > The obvious solution is to leave a keyboard attached, OR make the computer > think so with one of the adapters that let you use ps/2 peripherals on a > machine that only has usb. They always show up as a

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

2018-04-08 Thread Wols Lists
On 08/04/2018 00:18, Marc Joliet wrote: Hi list I have a bit of a weird issue. I recently acquired a used server (Fujitsu Primergy TX140 S1) via a friend of mine. I have Gentoo installed on it now and overall it works fine save for one perplexing issue [0]: The bootloader hangs when booting

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootloader hangs without a keyboard

2018-04-07 Thread mad.scientist.at.large
The obvious solution is to leave a keyboard attached, OR make the computer think so with one of the adapters that let you use ps/2 peripherals on a machine that only has usb.  They always show up as a keyboard and mouse to the computer, even if only the adapter is plugged in.  They have them on