My new install boots perfectly, but no keyboard.

chris_andrew

Hi, all.

I'm really pleased to see that my install has booted on my Ultra 2. This is the smoothest install I've ever done (and quickest). Unfortunately, my keyboard does not react at all, so I can't log in or do anything.

I have checked the keyboard connector and that is fine. If the keyboard had worked, but the keys had been jumbled, I would suspect a keyboard mapping problem. This isn't the case, and I can't even get the Num Lock to toggle.

My keyboard is a Type 5 and my mapping is set to UK (if I remember correctly). I'm in the UK, so this seemed appropriate. Is it possible to do anything with the Minimal boot disk, to try to rescue my system?

Any help really appreciated.

Cheers,

Chris.
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krinn · Watchman Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7470

chris_andrew · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:55 am Post subject:

Krinn,

Thanks for the reply. The num lock works fine until Gentoo starts booting and did do during the install, so I can probably rule out hardware failure.

Anyone else any ideas?

Cheers,

Chris.
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blu3bird · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:50 am Post subject:

In most cases if something worked during the install and not after the install the kernel is missing the appropriate driver.

For a type4/5/6 keyboard you need these in your .config:

hika · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:14 pm Post subject:

I had the same at first with my Ultra2. I'll try to point out what I did.
Go to Device drivers > Input Device support > keyboards and select the sun type 4 and 5 keyboard.
I vaguely remember there was another thing, but it was almost two month ago.

An other thing, if you have more than one framebuffer, don't forget to select:
Graphics Support > Console Display Driver Support > Map the console to the primary display driver
If not it takes the first it finds and not the one selected in openprom.

Hika

chris_andrew · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:29 am Post subject:

Thanks, chaps. Anyone know how I use the boot disk to enter my installation and re-do the kernel stuff?

Thanks,

Chris.
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hika · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:17 pm Post subject:

Just boot it and mount and chroot the new installation like when installing.

Hika

chris_andrew · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:58 am Post subject:

chris_andrew · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:11 am Post subject:

Guys,

I just thought I'd give the chroot a quick try, as described in Part 6a of the manual. I started at the "Mounting /proc and /dev" bit, but I'm getting errors. If possible, can someone explain what I need to do to chroot? When I did the original install, it just worked, but coming in halfway through is obviously a bit different.

I'd appreciate your help, because I think I'm a very short distance from having a working install.

Cheers,

Chris.
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huckabuck · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 2:05 pm Post subject:

chris_andrew · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 2:42 pm Post subject:

Brilliant, I'll keep you posted.

Cheers,

Chris.
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