Compaq ProLiant 1600 server freezes when detecting keyboard

[Ertan Küçükoğlu]

Good news,

System boots flawlessly after removing USB and Firewire in GENERIC kernel.

Well, maybe FreeBSD should implement an option to disable certain device 
detection during install time, too.

Thanks for the USB hint. You saved a lot of time for me to find the problem.

--Ertan

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:40:05 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote
> ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-
> releases/i386/4.11- RELEASE/floppies/
> 
> works here with Microsoft Internet Exploder 6.0
> 
> Try setting your FTP client to passive mode.
> 
> Ted
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Ertan Küçükoglu [mailto:ertank at ozlerplastik.com]
> >Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 12:15 AM
> >To: Ted Mittelstaedt; questions at freebsd.org
> >Subject: RE: Compaq ProLiant 1600 server freezes when detecting keyboard
> >
> >
> >I'll appreciate if anyone directly sends me, or gives me a
> >working link to
> >download 4.11 release boot images.
> >
> >ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/
> >
> >is not working. At least, connection is established, but no
> >login info asked.
> >
> >Btw, this box is 5.4-release setup box. I cvsuped 6.0-stable
> >sources. I may
> >try to disable USB in GENERIC kernel. Re-compile and try with
> >this kernel if
> >this is the test that should be done. I'll give this a try
> >while waiting for a
> >working link for FreeBSD 4.11.
> >
> >--Ertan
> >
> >On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 22:17:18 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote
> >> Please try booting with FreeBSD 4.11 and let us know if it works
> >> or not.  (just download a boot floppy and use that)  Also, it is
> >> probably hanging at whatever would probe up AFTER keyboard detection,
> >> not the keyboard detection.
> >>
> >> Be aware also that the Compaq 1600's are a bit odd in that they have
> >> a partial USB chipset on the motherboard.  It is detected as a USB
> >> device - but althought the chip exists, a USB buss is not, in fact,
> >> connected to it.  There is a setting in many Linux distros to disable
> >> USB probing at the installation boot to get around this, that is
> >> documented somewhere.
> >>
> >> Ted
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of
> >Ertan Küçükoglu
> >> >Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 3:52 AM
> >> >To: questions at freebsd.org
> >> >Subject: Compaq ProLiant 1600 server freezes when detecting keyboard
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Hello,
> >> >
> >> >I wanted to replace slackware 10.1 with freebsd 6.0-release.
> >> >Reason is the
> >> >improvements on filesystem handling in 6.0 release. My system
> >> >is serving as a
> >> >file server with samba.
> >> >
> >> >I downloaded CDs and boot to install. During device probing,
> >> >system hangs at
> >> >keyboard detection. Below is the output written manually:
> >> >-----
> >> >atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
> >> >atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
> >> >kbd0 at atkbd0
> >> >stray irq13
> >> >atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> >> >===> here cursor locks, keyboard locks. ctrl+alt+del does
> >not work <===
> >> >-----
> >> >
> >> >I searched the archives. It is suggested to change BIOS setting
> >> >for the OS to
> >> >"Other" for single CPU systems and to "UnixWare 2.1" for SMP
> >> >systems. Mine is
> >> >a SMP system. I tried several other OS settings in BIOS,
> >> >unfortunately nothing
> >> >helped. System bios update date is 11/8/2000.
> >> >
> >> >I tried to install 5.4-release and cvsup and upgrade to
> >> >6.0-stable. Same
> >> >problem with GENERIC kernel of yesterday sources.
> >> >
> >> >This system is a production machine and I have to fix it until
> >> >end of this
> >> >week. There is a temporary backup system running at the moment.
> >> >
> >> >If there is anything that I can provide, please ask for it and
> >> >I'll do my best
> >> >to provide.
> >> >
> >> >Regards,
> >> >--
> >> >Ertan Küçükoğlu
> >> >ertank at ozlerplastik.com
> >> >Özler Plastik San. ve Tic. A.S.
> >> >Tel: +90.212.676.6767
> >> >Fax: +90.212.676.8012
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> >--
> >Ertan Küçükoğlu
> >ertank at ozlerplastik.com
> >Özler Plastik San. ve Tic. A.S.
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--
Ertan Küçükoğlu
ertank at ozlerplastik.com
Özler Plastik San. ve Tic. A.S.
Tel: +90.212.676.6767
Fax: +90.212.676.8012
Mob: +90.533.226.0051
(webmail)