When booting my Via Epia (Nehemiah) system, initrd freezes if no keyboard is connected. If I remove the initrd= line and change root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/hda3 to root=/dev/hda3 (basicly skipping initrd) it works fine. jeroen@epia jeroen $ uname -a Linux epia 2.4.26-gentoo-r11 #3 Sun Nov 21 20:59:52 CET 2004 i686 VIA Nehemiah CentaurHauls GNU/Linux The kernel and initrd were created with genkernel all --menuconfig. If I connect the keyboard after it has frozen, the Caps and Scroll lock lights are flashing, indicating a panic. No info is on the screen, it just stops after the line: NET4: Frame Diverter 0.46
Would you be able to capture the output on a serial console including the panic, please?
Ok, I configured both kernel and initrd for serial console (added console=/dev/ttyS0,9600n8 to both lines in grub.conf) and the problem does not occur then. I can give you the output of the serial, but I guess it's of no use.
Hrm, what sort of keyboard would this be? USB or PS/2?
I only have a PS/2 keyboard, but the problem only occurs if no keyboard at all (and that - appearantly - includes "serial keyboard") is connected.
Mind trying vanilla-sources-2.4.28?
I have tried vanilla sources 2.4.28. And the problem is not there when using the 2.4.28 kernel. I have also tried various combinations of kernel/initrd and came to a strange conclusion: kernel initrd problems? 2.4.26-gentoo-r11 2.4.26-gentoo-r11 yes 2.4.26-gentoo-r11 2.4.28 no 2.4.28 2.4.26-gentoo-r11 no 2.4.28 2.4.28 no I was hoping to find out whether the problem is in the kernel or the initrd... I see that 2.4.28-gentoo-r5 was marked stable recently. I have emerged it and will install and test soon.
I could no longer reproduce this problem with 2.4.28-gentoo-r5.
Closing as FIXED then... Please reopen if this issue reappears...
