Bug 7725

Summary:	keyboard timeout
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	rsnapp
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.1
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Description rsnapp 1999-12-10 12:56:31 UTC

I am installing Redhat 6.1 on an ALR Revolution SMP pro (dual p-pro).  The
system contains a DPT SCSI RAID ctlr (PCI), an Adaptec 2940 scsi ctlr
(PCI), 2 intel etherexpress pro10 ctlrs (PCI), 512 MB memory, SVGA video
card, 2 serial ports. I've downloaded the most current BIOS update from
gateway's web site & flashed it....  The install works without flaw.  On
the ensuing reboot I get the message "keyboard timeout [2]" and the console
is unusable.  The system will be alive after re-booting and can be
telnet-ed to, yet the console is unusable.  Despite all my attempts fooling
around with BIOS settings I cannot get over this.  Are there any others out
there with the same problem? Is there any alternate keyboard driver that I
could use?  Any other ideas?

Thanx

Comment 1 kinsler 2000-01-13 18:47:59 UTC

On installing of either 6.0 or 6.1 on a system with a ASUS 44BX
mother board I had a similar sounding problem: but I only got
the keyboard tinmeout[2] message once, usually the keyboard
just stopped working.  The problem occured after booting when
gpm was run (from rc.d) for console, or when X started knowing
the mouse was a ps/2.  I worked around this by using a serial
mouse instead.

Comment 2 Cristian Gafton 2000-01-27 08:36:59 UTC

assigned to kernel

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2000-02-06 06:16:59 UTC

*** Bug 8009 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 rsnapp 2000-02-07 18:18:59 UTC

I've tried to re-install using a serial mouse rather than a bus mouse and get
the same error messages and the console remains unusable due to the keyboard
timeout.  Any further thoughts?

Comment 5 Harry Hart 2000-03-29 17:04:59 UTC

I have a similar problem.  I'm running RHL 6.0 on a Pentium II 400MHz, FIC VB
601 Mother board (also uses an Intel 440 BX chipset).  Keyboard & mouse are
PS-2, both from Genius.  Kernel is a custom-compiled 2.2.10.  Approximately
every second boot, the login console appears (login:) but keyboard appears
frozen.  I tried a custom-compiled 2.2.14 kernel, but I get the same problem.  I
don't get any related messages in /var/log/messages, however.  Both kernels have
support for Unix89 PTY's.
Is there any way I can diagnose this further to find out what is going on?
Thanks.

Comment 6 Alan Cox 2000-08-08 17:46:28 UTC

Anyone still have this problem in 6.1 or 6.2 ?