[Users] oVirt node install hanging on admin login prompt

[Mike Burns]

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.

Thanks

Mike

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