Problem Installing FC6 on Proliant 1850r

[fordwrench]

I am trying to install fc6 on 1850r and it hangs on boot.
The problem is the phantom usb adapter in the proliant machines.
I found this fix for suse 10 but I need to know how to apply this to the
FC6 installation.

follows from exact55:

I have found the solution to this problem. Please excuse me if my description isn't perfect, I am a Linux newbee who didn't know how to use vi a week ago.

The issue is caused by a 'ghost' usb bus which crashes the machine when scanned by the xorg routines. A device Intel 82371/EB/MB PIIX4 USB is detected. The Compaq 1850R has no real usb ports and the usb routines should be disabled.

My solution works for both SuSE 9.3 professional and 10.1:
1. Use the Compaq Smartstart 5.50 utility to set the OS type to NT-Windows 2000.
2. Do a text install (F2 or F3 on Grub boot screen).
3. Boot into run level 3 (add '3' to the the options line in the Grub boot screen)
4. Blacklist uhci-hcd, usb-uhci, and usb-ohci (use vi to edit the appropriate file)
In 10.1 add the following lines to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:
blacklist uhci-hcd
blacklist usb-ohci
blacklist usb-uhci
In 9.3 add the following lines to /etc/hotplug/blacklist:
uhci-hcd
usb-ohci
usb-uhci
Reboot and enjoy.

[fordwrench]

Anyone got an answer?.... What command line switches to put in at boot to disable usb in kernel on boot?

[bkamen]

Hey Ford,

did you ever have a solution to this?

I would note that I'm using an old 1850R as well (Dual 600MHz PIII's w/1GB RAM)

FC6 installed fine for me -- but when the kernel upgrades from the stock install of

2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 to 2.6.22.14-72.fc6

I go from working to not working right after udev loads up. It's the last thing I see before the screen resets a bunch (LCD's -- gotta love 'em) and then stays blank.

-Ben

[JohnVV]

bkamen you do know that post was from " 2007-04-08 "
and "fordwrench " has not been around since "Last Activity: 2007-12-08 12:34 AM CST"

[bkamen]

Mmm, yes and no - but I figured someone else might see it at least.

In the meantime, disabling USB at boot with the kernel option fixes the boot issue but
leaves me with the question of how to put a real USB card in the system and have it work.

I guess I'll post this again elsewhere as a new topic though.



This thread did help though. hahaha

-Ben