V3000 - No keyboard control through console

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Hello -

I am struggling to get Ubuntu server to function through console. I am following this guide:

Everything functions as expected until after the grub options have been edited. The boot proceeds as expected, when hitting the pause for cloud-init, my keyboard is still functional and characters are echoed back. As soon as the cloud-init times out and the screen discussing rich vs basic display pops up, the console becomes unresponsive to my keyboard.

I have tried everything I can think of, including:

  • Completing the install through a directly connected display, but as soon as I switch to the console and the ubuntu login screen comes up, the console again becomes unresponsive to my keyboard
  • Modifying several of the grub options
  • Modifying the serial port bios options
  • And several other things found through googling

Any advice anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated.

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can you provide the boot logs? Have you tested another distribution to see if this is perhaps an Ubuntu specific issue?

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I was actually able to figure this out a few hours after posting this - the BMC seems to have been hijacking the console inputs and disabling the BMC seems to have done the trick. Thank you for your response though!

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