On Sat, 2006-10-21 at 08:04 -0400, Eric H Christensen wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iQIVAwUBRToM6MX5so7y5L2YAQICNQ//dYhJ0tFr6+sDwbbQDNW3iSbtlTzhgace > hicaZlLgREmpHGvHfMOgg8G2onbUp1JczA3V67ci/pupl/V+Lnu01yc26GW9NP6N > rJcBaIMZ9/E2epiUg763SpfBCUQn6T7tDKnCtnDC57l0F42SsYFTX4D79Xz8NvzW > X2f8eXBozmJSG2+1VDTo8ZsEF75I/S0/xbDS+Qf5s57lVnof26ArXAytgt8jOUD7 > 2NEeW77F9m23gLPVehXRnKaWQEg8s5b+/iv6zoh13H/Bgqzmee999MWGxt1LH6Ua > wz2azkoT0Ccd6LVrfjEgVAhG5xn5eH7xfnCpIS2g50rNucZU0AHEcI3MFS1g17LN > 8gzKUS2uMNyAC9b/sRsIQMbMhosrULmCblR3gFQEM0+/1yMIbaFU+qiHgQ4vpMAP > I12QmoneiII+sXOtJkCQMW/AVMso1Ti82BLsTRC4/88EnGJqRS918adQoJpfZFzC > LKxtfhM4wOt3UKSil8nbYxFDZXa9gNpwpkjCQFoKn9EQzr71V6DEte9LqIfx8A1m > IGmXi+lTZJWoQ4H3dIY6p54MhDwPqN+H3ye4BmcYHaxLN5Nw4Jd+gEa5EYRg1yV6 > 6/j76T0W4cpcFrp8Ldjh/uJQ2tDdskP5P9h9XoW1eXL67+JFmZYxyhK96e7RQTTb > 7o1c4XzsbDw= > =nrEV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >
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