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 without a keyboard attached. I tried it with both GRUB and
systemd-boot (which works nicely in combination with kernel-install); both
only work with a keyboard attached. GRUB hangs when the countdown starts,
while systemd-boot hangs when the cursor first appears, but before the boot
entries are listed. In both cases the cursor freezes.
I can't help with a solution, but this is actually quite a common
problem. I remember ages ago copious reports of computer rooms with
these boxes that share one keyboard, mouse and screen amongst several
computers, and there were loads of complaints about systems refusing to
boot.
Go in ti the bios settings, and see if there's something about
keyboards. I really can't remember but there was something about a
missing keyboard triggering a bios boot error - cue all the jokes about
"keyboard missing, press F1 to continue". Actually, if you search on
that message, you might find something ...
Cheers,
Wol
