From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020618 Description of problem: On a noname Computer the PS/2 keyboard freezes (i.e. becomes unusable) after some time (idle) or after starting X (with X, e.g., it is not possible to switch virtual consoles anymore). The proposal (see comment to bug report #66738) of appending "reboot=b" to the kernel parameters did not change anything. The problem seems to be specific to RedHat Linux 7.3 (7.2 worked fine). There seem to be some relations to the gpm mouse daemon - starting gpm also results in disabled keyboard sometimes, while the mouse itself seems not to work at all (there is no mouse cursor on the console; with X it could not be tested). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start X for immediate effect. 2. 3. Actual Results: Keybaord becomes unusable (LEDs doesn't show any changes, no key press appears to be recognized). The machine itself still appears to work. Additional info: Pentium System Board ASUS P2B-S BIOS Rev. 1012 Award BIOS 4.75PG 256MB RAM
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