On 21/10/06, Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 [SNIPA] > 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. > Shot in the dark but happened to me in past. If you have setup serial mouse and it is missing / non functional you can get erratic errors on key board -- Regards, Sudev Barar