[Cbe-oss-dev] Launch PS3 +PetiteBoot --> Cannot move on Menu

[Geoff Levand]

On 06/15/2009 12:13 AM, Ssu-Hsien Wu wrote:
> I have a PS3 60gb launch model (PS2 backward compatibility).
> 
> The console's hard drive was replaced with a larger one.
> 
> I had installed http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-kboot.legacy/kboot-20080609.bld version of kboot as the "otheros.bld".
> 
> Next I installed Fedora 11 (Leonidas) without any issues.
> 
> I then upgraded the otheros.bld using http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-petitboot/ps3-petitboot-09.06.09.bld version of Petiteboot.
> 
> I see a menu with my kernel, boot game os, and system exit options, however I cannot move and select menu items,  it is permanently stuck on the system exit option.
> 
> I also tried http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-petitboot/ps3-petitboot-09.06.09-rot.bld and got nothing but a black screen.
> 
> Am I doing  something wrong?

As reported by other users, it seems to be a problem with
some keyboards not working.

I cannot reproduce the problem.

Does re-plugging the keyboard work?

If you can, telnet into petitboot from another machine and
post the output from 'tail -f /var/log/messages' when you
re-plug the keyboard.

-Geoff