Hi all,

i have a problem with my redhat enterprise 3 (2.4.21-4.EL).
When the system boot, my keyboard works fine, if i push the capslock button, the led turn on, but when the login windows appears the keyboard not works and i don't succed to access in the system.
I login to linux system by ssh from another pc, but i don't succed to configure the keyboard.. i check the configuration files like /etc/X11/XF86Config, but this is ok!

can someone help me to solve this problem?!?

thanks in advance..
regards,
Vinc.

hi there,
something unusual in you X.log file?
what kind of keyboard?
what do you mean when you say that the "XF86Config file is ok"?
regards,
slackie1000

hi slackie,

the keyboard is an Compaq, but i think this not important, anyway in my XF86Config file the keyboard configurations is the follow:

Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "it"

I think it's right ..

hi there,
nothing weird in the X log file?
in your XF86Config, is the keyboard included in the ServerLayout section?
regards,
slackie1000

slackie,

i don't found the x.log file, i checked in many log files, but nothing is unusual.. the keyboard included in "InputDevice" section.
The ServerLayout section don't is present in my configuration file.

regards,
Vinc.

hi there,
can you please post your complete XF86Config file here?
it is a bit old for me but afaik this Xserver has a log file somewhere as well.
where do you check your XServer messages?
regards,
slackie1000

hi slakie,

i post u the XF86Config file..

Thanks and Regards,
Vinc.

# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "it"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor 800x600"
DisplaySize 320 240
HorizSync 31.5 - 35.1
VertRefresh 50.0 - 61.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "ati"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "ATI Mach64"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

hi there,
i introduce you the ServerLayout section.
change this
regards,
slackie1000

hi slackie,

i've modified th econfiguration in XF86Config file, like u suggest me, but the problem not solved!

i changed the code Driver "keyboard" with Driver "kbd"..


regards,
Vinc.

hi there,
i don't know. without log information is pretty hard. i hope someone with the same setup can join us and help. i am out of ideas. sorry.
regards,
slackie1000