Cannot Install

[IvanGroznii]

Apologies if this problem has been posted in another guise, however I cannot even get the installation wizard started.

Please see the following URLs for details of my setup and the procedure I tried to get the installation running -

Pre-Install: http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=78

Post-Install Attempt: http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=80

Assistance and / or a bug fix would be welcome.

[Apatewna]

Apologies if this problem has been posted in another guise, however I cannot even get the installation wizard started.

Please see the following URLs for details of my setup and the procedure I tried to get the installation running -

Pre-Install: http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=78

Post-Install Attempt: http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=80

Assistance and / or a bug fix would be welcome.

Hi there, I assume you downloaded and MD5-checked the following ISO

Description: CD #1 - Main installation CD
FileName: PCBSD-1.2-x86-CD1.iso
Size: 674 MB
ISO MD5 Sum: 7DB7864465651407E4E10BCEA47542AD

Is this correct?

[IvanGroznii]

Just to make sure, I downloaded it again from a different source.

Here is the MD5 Checksum -

7db7864465651407e4e10bcea47542ad PCBSD-1.2-x86-CD1.iso

Please advise.

[Apatewna]

The ISO is ok it is obvious.
In your posts you mention that you tried a PCBSD cdrom on two completely different computers. This may be indication that your CD-Burner device does not produce quality recordings.

The keyboard is availiable at a previous stage also, before the "Select 1024x768 grpahical installation". You get a list of options in text mode and a timer that counts from 3 to 0. Pressing [Spacebar] will pause the timer.

Does your keyboard work at this point? If yes select the second option which is about ACPI. Post back your findings.

I've mainly seen issues with ACPI and DMA access on disks and CDROM/DVD. Also some rare issues with conflicting entries in the IRQ table.

[TerryP]

Does your keyboard work at this point? If yes select the second option which is about ACPI. Post back your findings.

I've seen keyboards work at this point even if they fail afterwords. (USB Wireless ones)

[IvanGroznii]

I've figured it out - there is a bug which needs to be addressed, namely, that the OS doesn't play nicely with a USB KVM Switch, specifically the Aten CS-1762. You cannot plug a USB keyboard into a USB hub, and then plug that hub into the KVM switch; the USB keyboard has to be plugged into the KVM switch directly - I'm lucky that this KVM switch has a USB hub built in.

Other devices like USB flash drives also show strange behaviour if plugged into the USB hub via this route. I've yet to test my scanner and webcam. My Microsoft Optical Scroll Mouse is OK.

[Apatewna]

I've figured it out - there is a bug which needs to be addressed, namely, that the OS doesn't play nicely with a USB KVM Switch, specifically the Aten CS-1762. You cannot plug a USB keyboard into a USB hub, and then plug that hub into the KVM switch; the USB keyboard has to be plugged into the KVM switch directly - I'm lucky that this KVM switch has a USB hub built in.

Other devices like USB flash drives also show strange behaviour if plugged into the USB hub via this route. I've yet to test my scanner and webcam. My Microsoft Optical Scroll Mouse is OK.

It feels nice when you solve problems doesn't it? :)

The fact about external USB hubs is that their concept has been taken VERY lightly.

USB hubs that are powered from a single usb port are bound to the power supply limits of the onboard USB port. Once the power limit is exhausted, all connected devices start acting funny.

USB hubs that have an external power supply are more up to the task, but who needs an extra burden (power supply) to carry arround.

I would go for an internal USB 2.0 PCI card that have proven to be more stable and also universal.

Nice KVM by the way ;)