[CentOS] Keyboard Fails at Login Prompt
Eric H Christensen
kf4otn at ericsatcom.net
Sat Oct 21 12:15:27 UTC 2006
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I just installed CentOS so I haven't been able to setup SSH. No KVM
switch and I haven't been able to find anything in the bios that talks
about the keyboard. I'll check to see if I have the latest bios installed.
Eric
Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-10-21 at 08:04 -0400, Eric H Christensen wrote:
> Oh, sorry about that.
>
> The system isn't real old but wasn't made yesterday. The system is
> using PS/2 connectors. I want to try a USB keyboard but I don't have
> one, unfortunately.
>
> Out of all the problems I thought I might encounter, this isn't one of them.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
>
>> Can you ssh into the machine (from an external machine) after the
>> keyboard locks up or is the machine locked?
>
>> Are you hooked up to a KVM switch?
>
>> Do you have the latest BIOS installed from the Motherboard manufacturer?
>
>> Is there a BIOS setting for keyboard that has a USB / PS2 selection?
>
> Jim Perrin wrote:
>>>> On 10/20/06, Eric H Christensen <kf4otn at ericsatcom.net> wrote:
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>>>>> I just setup an old box with CentOS 4 and I'm having a very strange
>>>>> problem. The keyboard is functional throughout the startup process of
>>>>> the machine. I get the login prompt and I get just enough time to type
>>>>> in "root" and hit the enter button before the keyboard fails. I've
>>>>> tried a different keyboard but still the same problem. After a few
>>>>> repeated trials I've found that the keyboard will stop functioning after
>>>>> about 5 seconds from when the login prompt appears on the screen.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have any ideas on this problem?
>>>> How old a system and keyboard are we talking here? Are we talking AT
>>>> style keyboard, ps/2 keyboard, usb keyboard on an old system (where
>>>> bios usb handling can cause this sort of confusion) etc. Give us an
>>>> idea of what we're working with.
>>>>
>>
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