# V3000 - No keyboard control through console
**URL:** https://community.solid-run.com/t/v3000-no-keyboard-control-through-console/1119
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [March 25, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/v3000-no-keyboard-control-through-console/1119 "2026-03-25T17:28:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@WalkerAdi](https://community.solid-run.com/u/WalkerAdi)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/v3000-no-keyboard-control-through-console/1119/1 "2026-03-25T17:28:29Z")
Hello -
I am struggling to get Ubuntu server to function through console. I am following this guide:
> **[Installing Ubuntu server using console - Developer Center - SolidRun](https://developer.resources.solid-run.com/wiki/spaces/developer/pages/450232321/Installing+Ubuntu+server+using+console)**
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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### Author:  [@jnettlet](https://community.solid-run.com/u/jnettlet)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2026, 8:42am UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/v3000-no-keyboard-control-through-console/1119/2 "2026-03-26T08:42:37Z")
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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### Author:  [@WalkerAdi](https://community.solid-run.com/u/WalkerAdi)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/v3000-no-keyboard-control-through-console/1119/3 "2026-03-26T13:34:09Z")
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!