-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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: >>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>>> >>>>> 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. >>>> >> _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> >> - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIVAwUBRToPXcX5so7y5L2YAQKsbxAAiEO3K8XYzQb2l87v4R0wwiajS46Roswp MYNr+NusoHUGigbW5Cz8Mx9sEBSrr5hI+bqVEf4feGcggKL25K9b9RCVL2Ebt+ok ha48UJiyjWdjexnsi+Hx+lTgvbUX9TMnPrYAdh98IHoaCHeluMi0EPJe6Ksjl/Br L6kCcI99tIFRRfK7tEoSi+Q5v2E0dnfxx8dTK78dEi91qYkTDhIg7QKKNbzu5WJa EDQ6Ve3jXCW3V3u1ly6H6S6SWRadrbcq8W0t+PiRXnoi583Wjgcq/v82puGGyhHx cN2sNiIQOxXnh0AT6gO5QMqRU4VF0NFcZWVBtBc8AgiXmAwqLMVJBMGS+/wnaCfv MKeqHRizlAIe42uGBiy1rTuyulkR4oaKJSgMLAjn//OojhVz4BVTCRI2KJVmNQH2 j1T/8Gy0xxXDbsdIkgoVMocDqJOdziFiacHVDE/D/sOUlYK0yDADRcE/N2v8iBEM zQXOXdt+l35lzJB0lm/Ado8On9mJhq586WrFoNkh1cGlqqna6PQGI7OtBAoVsgsv 0wWVi8zSIbChpdIyqGN5W6EJcLaJbeZa9hdA+J9k3+NUlQJt/lcCg41O2/2ZlRlb UmrU7VFMcOVkJv5M/RJk+zeFTh3rwgdTX5ZLlx1JJ7d8S9bj7nryNJNWjpxB5qSF ly60kMdUT4s= =k8Xr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----