Chris Caputo (ccaputo@xxxxxxx) said: > On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Chris Caputo wrote: > > Then after install is complete (I did it with a traditional VGA card), > > Red Hat 9 is not responding to keyboard input after it has fully booted. > > The BIOS can get characters fine prior to boot, the Grub boot loader can > > get them fine, it is just once the system is booted the characters are > > not received/processed from the Weasel. But the Weasel still responds > > to ^6 (the escape char) as normal. Also, using the Weasel "x" command > > to send a character doesn't make a difference. Has the handling of > > keyboard input somehow changed with Red Hat 9 from 8.0? > > Narrowed down the problem. It appears to be with the gpm startup script, > when configured for a mouse, but when one isn't there. (I had done a > setup with a mouse, and then unplugged it once I switched to using the > Weasel.) > > Something about the gpm script is causing the keyboard port to have the > clock line set to low, in the situation of initting for a mouse that isn't > there. This causes the Weasel (or any keyboard for that matter) to not be > able to send characters to the console. Should I file bug? (Basic repro > is setup with mouse, then remove mouse on reboot, causes keyboard not to > work on boot.) Does this behavior also happen without the weasel? Bill
