Bug 8831

Summary:	Keyboard Problems
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Alexander Valys <nikadesign>
Component:	console-tools	Assignee:	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.1
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Description Alexander Valys 2000-01-25 12:05:55 UTC

I have just installed RHL 6.1 on a totally separate HD from windows.  The
install went smoothly, but when I first booted up the system, my keyboard
stopped working at the login prompt.  I couldn't turn capslock, etc. on or
off, I couldn't ctrl-alt-delete or anything...but the cursor was still
blinking under login, so the OS didn't freeze.  The second time I booted
up I managed to log in successfully, but then the same thing happened 30
seconds after login in the middle of xconfigurator.  I've tried three
other times with similar results, and it looks like my mouse get screwed
up as well.  I have ps/2 mouse and keyboard ports, and everything works
fine in windows.  I couldn't find an acceptable component for this bug, so
I selected console tools.  If this is the wrong area, please tell me and I
will repost it to the correct place.

Comment 1 Preston Brown 2000-02-16 15:11:59 UTC

you are definitely experiencing hard lockups.  The cursor doesn't freeze because
it is run by either your video card or bios, which may not lock up even if the
rest of the computer does.

Chances are you have flakey memory if you are experiencing these random
intermittent failures.