[CentOS] Keyboard Fails at Login Prompt

[Johnny Hughes]

On Sat, 2006-10-21 at 08:04 -0400, Eric H Christensen wrote:
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> 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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