Hello,
I just inatsll my first Linux ( it is a slackware linux) and my keyboard
doesn't work.
During LILO stage, keyboard is working ( I can press enter to boot the
computer) but after boot is finished, and when Linux asks for login, it
doesn't work (I can not enter the login name and password and also CTRL +
ALT+DEL does't work. What is the problem and how can I solve it?

Best regards

Il 27/01/2007 00:51, mat dixit:
> Hello,
> I just inatsll my first Linux ( it is a slackware linux) and my keyboard
> doesn't work.
> During LILO stage, keyboard is working ( I can press enter to boot the
> computer) but after boot is finished, and when Linux asks for login, it
> doesn't work (I can not enter the login name and password and also CTRL +
> ALT+DEL does't work. What is the problem and how can I solve it?

Which type of keyboard(¹)?
Do you have the same problem after booting from the Slackware
installation CD?
Can you access the computer via ssh from another computer? In this case,
can you see if there are messages about the keyboard in /var/log/dmesg?

HTH

Cyrus, the /useful/ virus

¹ PS/2, USB, with fancy keys, etc.


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cyrusthevirus <root@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> Il 27/01/2007 00:51, mat dixit:

>> Hello, I just inatsll my first Linux ( it is a slackware linux)
>> and my keyboard doesn't work. During LILO stage, keyboard is
>> working ( I can press enter to boot the computer) but after boot
>> is finished, and when Linux asks for login, it doesn't work (I
>> can not enter the login name and password and also CTRL + ALT+DEL
>> does't work. What is the problem and how can I solve it?

> Which type of keyboard(?)? Do you have the same problem after
> booting from the Slackware installation CD? Can you access the
> computer via ssh from another computer? In this case, can you see
> if there are messages about the keyboard in /var/log/dmesg?

You see, this is why you should have a windoze partition. First of
all, if you booted up in windoze and the keyboard worked, then you
would know that it is a software problem as opposed to a hardware
problem. Even more importantly, once you booted up windows, you
could do anything you wanted in terms of work, while waiting for
hobby time to fuck with linux.

Linux is a hobby OS. Almost all of the persons posting to this
group are hobbyists.

cordially, as always,

rm

mat wrote:

> During LILO stage, keyboard is working ( I can press enter to boot the
> computer) but after boot is finished, and when Linux asks for login, it
> doesn't work

If you have a PS/2 keyboard and a USB mouse, and have set gpm to read from
the PS/2 device, the keyboard will be disabled as soon as gpm runs -- just
before the login prompt (gpm is the program that enables cut/paste with the
mouse in console.)

You can turn off gpm to see if it helps. At the lilo boot prompt type:

Linux 1

and hit enter. Log in as root, if you can. If that works, gpm is probably at
fault. Type this command to disable it:

chmod -x /etc/rc.d/rc.gpm

Then you should be able to reboot normally to a working keyboard. If you
need to re-enable gpm, adjust the gpm configuration first.


Jeffrey