Following up from this, I installed NetBSD 2.1 with no problems and then
upgraded to 3.1 (GENERIC). However I face the same problem with 3.1 -
everything boots fine, no errors or anything but once I reach the login
prompt I cannot type despite the keyboard still being responsive.

Incredibly bizzare. Any more ideas as to what this could possibly be?


Michael-John Turner wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 04:10:23AM -0700, Jack Lawry wrote:
>> I'm having a strange problem installing NetBSD 3.1 from cd on an Ultra 5.
>> I
>> boot using "boot cdrom" and everything loads fine, no errors or anything.
>> But once I get to the 'enter your terminal type' screen, I cannot type.
>> However, the keyboard is responsive because I can stop-a and get into
>> ddb.
> 
> I'm afraid I don't have any good suggestions. What I can say though is
> that
> a few months ago I installed 3.1 onto an U5 from CD-ROM without problem.
> Was in fact a NetBSD demo at our local LUG :)
> 
>> I'm sure I could get around this with a serial console, but the problem
>> is
>> I'd like to use this machine as a temporary workstation - so I kind of
>> need
>> the keyboard to work!
> 
> Why not do the installation via serial console anyway - after it's done,
> you can plug in the keyboard and configure X11, etc as per usual. If
> another
> solution doesn't present itself, it may be worth a try - installations are
> quick, even on an U5 :)
> 
> -mj
> -- 
> Michael-John Turner | http://mjturner.net/
> mj@turner.org.za    | Open Source in WC ZA - http://www.clug.org.za/
> 
> 

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