[Users] oVirt node install hanging on admin login prompt

[Jeff Bailey]

On 1/21/2013 10:52 AM, Mike Burns wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 17:20 -0500, Jeff Bailey wrote:
>> On 1/15/2013 3:31 AM, Nicolas Ecarnot wrote:
>>> Le 14/01/2013 22:24, Jeff Bailey a écrit :
>>>> On 1/14/2013 9:08 AM, Nicolas Ecarnot wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to install oVirt node 2.5.5-0.1.fc17 and it is node going
>>>>> well. I'm trying to install it on a Dell blade M610 via a iDrac, and
>>>>> I'm quit accustomed to this kind of thing.
>>>>>
>>>>> - As I already had the issue of the label on the grub boot line, I
>>>>> knew how to specify /dev/sr0 or sr1 on the linux line. Well.
>>>>> - The install is ok with discovering my hard drive, and the
>>>>> installation seems to be fine. After rebooting, the bott process is
>>>>> leading me to the login prompt where the documentation tells me to log
>>>>> as 'admin' with the correct password :
>>>>>
>>>>> The keyboard is not responding, I can not even type the user name.
>>>> Try adding usbcore.autosuspend=-1 to the kernel command line. I've had
>>>> problems with iDRAC 7 virtual consoles with both Fedora 17 and 18 and
>>>> this fixes it.  I don't know about iDRAC 6 but trying it couldn't hurt
>>>> :)  Getting the machine to always boot with that option could be a bit
>>>> tricky with Node.  I'm not sure if you'll just be able to edit the
>>>> grub.conf and persist it or not.
>>> Thank you very much, Jeff, this did the trick !
>> You're welcome!  I know that suddenly losing console access to your
>> blades can be a bit distressing :)
>>
>>> And better than that : adding it on the first use in the kernel line
>>> leads it to be permanently added in the grub conf even after a reboot.
>>>
>> That's very nice to know.  I was afraid it would be tricky with Node but
>> I guess it isn't.
>>
>>> Nice !
>>>
> Thanks for the update on this!  Out of curiosity, was the need for
> usbcore.autosuspend=-1 the result of some sort of bug? or is there a bug
> filed for tracking the issue?  If it's something that is going to be
> needed long term, I'll consider adding it to the default kernel
> arguments for ovirt-node.

After a *very* brief search I found 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=850785 which isn't terribly 
helpful.  It does accurately describe the situation but it doesn't seem 
to be getting much attention (all comments are from a single day).

> Thanks
>
> Mike
>
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