Arch 2009.02 keyboard dies on install

ralvez · 2009-02-19 01:31:33

I'm installing Arch for a friend of mine.
I downloaded the new ISO and burned to a CD. Everything was cool but ... (there has to be one or I would not be posting )after I select from the menu to install Arch it starts to go and then stops at the point where I have to log it as root but I have no keyboard access, it's just dead.
The machine is a brand new Acer Aspire series M and the only thing I can see, reading really fast as it boots, is an error related to ehci_hcd. I wonder if I can add some command to the kernel line to solve the problem. Any ideas?
I did try an older version of the installer I had at home but that one does not find the CD rom after boot. In this machine both the HDD and the CD are sata.

Any help will be much appreciated.

R

mikesd · 2009-02-19 02:40:31

On desktops with USB keyboards the same thing will happen if USB Emulation or whatever your bios calls it is not enabled. Keyboard will work fine in BIOS and GRUB bu not once kernel loads. Check the bios in the laptop for an option similar to USB Keyboard Emulation.

ralvez · 2009-02-19 04:01:26

USB BIOS support in enabled including Legacy USB.
But the problem even affects pci keyboards too. I tried one with no success.

Last edited by ralvez (2009-02-19 12:25:51)

ralvez · 2009-02-19 12:28:31

I have a feeling that the problem is the ehci_hcd module. Is there any way not to load it at boot?

R.

Edit: For a test last night I tried to upload Kubuntu and it also freezes after awhile before installing.

Last edited by ralvez (2009-02-19 12:30:51)

Dieter@be · 2009-02-19 12:33:14

check for bugs on our bugtracker, if there is none yet create one.

ralvez · 2009-02-19 22:35:52

@Dieter@be

Sounds OK to me but does not tell me if there is a workaround or if I'm stack with this one.
Is there a parameter I can add to kernel line to get around the problem?

R.

Edit: Bug report was filed as per your request.

Last edited by ralvez (2009-02-20 03:33:25)

Dieter@be · 2009-02-20 17:41:55

ralvez wrote:

@Dieter@be
Sounds OK to me but does not tell me if there is a workaround or if I'm stack with this one.
Is there a parameter I can add to kernel line to get around the problem?

I honestly have no idea, but I'm sure posting it to the bugtracker was your first step towards a solution or workaround.

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Arch 2009.02 keyboard dies on install

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