Hi, I have a new system on which I am trying to install OS, build 134, from the live CD. The motherboard has the Intel C3539, 4 core, processor with an integrated I/O hub which is pretty new.
The motherboard only has a couple of USB ports (no PS2) and they seem to "go away" right after the grub menu during the boot which effectively stops the boot and cuts off the keyboard as both the keyboard and cdrom are USB based. I have the keyboard, mouse and CDROM plugged into a powered USB hub which is plugged into one of the two available USB root ports off the back of the motherboard. During the BIOS bootstrap and right up through the GRUB menu the "Enabled" LEDs on the USB hub stay lit and the keyboard and CDROM work fine as I can get to and enter the Grub menu and even edit the boot script. But about 3 seconds after I select the boot image and hit enter I see the LEDs on the hub go off then a second or so later they briefly flash on and back off and then they stay off.... Almost always. Once in a while if I play with the keyboard just as that second flash of the LEDs occurs I can get the USB LEDs to stay on at which point the OS LIVE image completes its boot to the desktop and the keyboard and mouse work within the booted image After playing around like this for a while I eventually got OS, build 134, installed on a SATA device but the USB behavior is just as flaky when booting straight to the SATA image, though the image always boots unlike the CD, since it is on the SATA device. When booting the SATA image I always get to the login prompt but the keyboard and mouse don't work because the USB ports are dead. If I play with the keyboard during the boot sequence I can sometimes (like 1 in 40 tries) get the ports to stay lit and then the keyboard and mouse work at the login prompt. I am betting the PCI IDs of the integrated I/O hub may be confusing the driver load process and consequently the USB driver does not get loaded but this is just a guess. Some suggestions on where I might begin looking would be greatly appreciated. Lance Beazley Pillar Data Systems -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list [email protected]
