Joe Blow([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > I have a headless Debian Etch box with no keyboard and no mouse. I > only access the machine through ssh or a serial console. Whenever I > coldboot (or reboot) the machine, init stops somewhere in keymap.sh. > The only way to get it to continue is to plug in a keyboard and press > "Enter". For the time being, I've removed the console-common package > (which contains /etc/init.d/keymap.sh). This allows the machine to > boot properly without a keyboard. > > 1. What are the longterm consequences of removing console-common? > 2. Can anyone suggest why keymap.sh might hang in the absence of a > keyboard? Any ideas on how to fix keymap.sh?
I have a similar setup. I just changed the bios to not halt when no keyboard is attached. No changes to debian were necessary. HTH=Hope This Helps, YMMV=Your Mileage May Vary, HAND=Have A Nice Day W -- Computers can never replace human stupidity. _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
