Vicibox 5.0.3 Setup Issues

[thirdhatch]

Hi,

I was able to complete the Viciboc os-install part of the initial setup. At this point, after the reboot, the keyboard does not function and I cannot proceed with the installation. This is on an IBM Bladeserver HS21 Dual Quad-core Xeon 3GHz with 16GB of RAM. There is nothing different about this server, this phase worked fine with the 4.0.3 installation. Any ideas Kumba?

[thirdhatch]

I did some additional troubleshooting and discovered that the keyboard interface works again after I mount the cd. This is very weird. If the CD is unmounted, the keyboard does not work. If the CD is mounted, the keyboard starts to work again.

[Kumba]

No clue. Never worked or used that hardware. Try searching google or asking on the opensuse forums.

A quick google search turned up this: http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/po ... GR-5081139

Does the keyboard work from the grub menu? Like hitting F3 and such? Can always try booting with the failsafe options. The initial reboot I believe bypasses the grub boot screen. You can get it it by just power-cycling the server and booting off the hard drives for a second time. you should then see the grub screen.

[thirdhatch]

Yeah, the kb does work at the grub menu. I'm sure it has something to do with the grub parameters. But, I found a temporary work around for now by just mounting the cd drive in the bladecenter it forces the kb back to working condition.

Thanks!

[Kumba]

Weird. Sounds like more then just an OpenSuSE issue. Maybe try a bios update? Or the fail-safe boot option from grub?

[thirdhatch]

I don't think so, it happens on all three of my bladecenters. They are on the most up to date firmware.

[Kumba]

Not sure then. We've had good luck with the hardware we've tested it on. We've never attempted that blade center before.