ia64/84693: Keyboard not recognized during first step of install

[Alain Zwingelstein]

>Number:         84693
>Category:       ia64
>Synopsis:       Keyboard not recognized during first step of install
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-ia64
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 09 09:00:20 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alain Zwingelstein
>Release:        5.4-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso
>Organization:
Private
>Environment:
not possible since installation fails
>Description:
When booting from install CD and boot menu appears
it is not possible to use keuboard
and consequently not possible to boot with specific options
Motherboard is Elite model ECS 755-A/A2
hereunder a lspci done under Linux
lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 755 Host (rev 01)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C202
0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 36)
0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)
0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
0000:00:0b.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems (former Lucent Microelectronics) V.92 56K WinModem (rev 03)
0000:00:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200LE] (rev a1)
>How-To-Repeat:
      
>Fix:
      
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