[Bug 1369164] [NEW] Installer hangs on language selection with PowerEdge R610

[Dirk Hohndel]

Public bug reported:

Installing 14.04.1 LTS server. Same problem reproduced with 14.04 server and 12.04.5 LTS server.
Boot install media either from CD or from USB stick
Boot menu comes up.
Pick install (default) and hit enter.
Select keyboard (en_US), hit enter.
Installer starts and asks about language selection. USB keyboard no longer works. Neither does the keyboard in a serial console connected via the iDRAC6 (I am speculating that the iDRAC6 emulates a USB keyboard).
Your system is now practically hung - the only thing you can do is power cycle.

Workaround (this is how I got the system installed: use
https://github.com/netson/ubuntu-unattended to create an unattended
install CD (the iso created does not boot from a USB stick). One
challenge is that each of the Gb ethernet ports need to respond to DHCP
requests (I disabled 3/4 in the BIOS and connected both 1 and 2 to my
network to get past that). After that you can complete the installation
and then reboot. At the login the keyboard now works as desired and you
can take things from there.

But of course that workaround is problematic if you didn't want to
flatten your whole disk and overwrite everything with a brand new Ubuntu
install. If there was data you wanted to keep. Oops.

The instructions tell me to file this against debian_installer. Whatever
the version is on the latest iso, I think it's  20101020ubuntu318

** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Installer hangs on language selection with PowerEdge R610

Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Installing 14.04.1 LTS server. Same problem reproduced with 14.04 server and 12.04.5 LTS server.
  Boot install media either from CD or from USB stick
  Boot menu comes up.
  Pick install (default) and hit enter.
  Select keyboard (en_US), hit enter.
  Installer starts and asks about language selection. USB keyboard no longer works. Neither does the keyboard in a serial console connected via the iDRAC6 (I am speculating that the iDRAC6 emulates a USB keyboard).
  Your system is now practically hung - the only thing you can do is power cycle.

  Workaround (this is how I got the system installed: use
  https://github.com/netson/ubuntu-unattended to create an unattended
  install CD (the iso created does not boot from a USB stick). One
  challenge is that each of the Gb ethernet ports need to respond to
  DHCP requests (I disabled 3/4 in the BIOS and connected both 1 and 2
  to my network to get past that). After that you can complete the
  installation and then reboot. At the login the keyboard now works as
  desired and you can take things from there.

  But of course that workaround is problematic if you didn't want to
  flatten your whole disk and overwrite everything with a brand new
  Ubuntu install. If there was data you wanted to keep. Oops.

  The instructions tell me to file this against debian_installer.
  Whatever the version is on the latest iso, I think it's
  20101020ubuntu318

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