Hi Guys,
I really need some expertise on this,
I Installed RedHat 9 the other day and its giving me alot of trouble.

I install it fine, thru the graphical mode installation and i use my mouse and keboard during the installation fine, then when its all installed, i try to go thru runlevel 3(text mode), i get to the login screen and it doesnt let me type, the _ cursor blinks but i cant type.

When i try booting thru runlevel 5 (graphical mode), my screen flashes and the screen becomes black and doesnt load any further.

Any Ideas?

- I tried reinstalling RH 9.
- I verified the MD5SUMS of the ISOs.
- I do dual boot, the other OS is Win2k and monitor/keyboard work fine on those.
- I tested the keyboard on another computer, all fine.

Please Help, i have been trying to fix this for weeks!

By chance is this a laptop, or USB Mouse/keyboard? If so, dig up a PS2 mouse/key and see if that can get you going. From there the USB can be fixed.

If it's not USB, then tell us a bit about your hardware.

it is not a laptop and it is not a usb mouse or keyboard.

anyone?

If it's not USB, tell us a bit about your hardware. Anything non-standard in there?

check your video card and monitor settings with redhat-config-xfree86

its a custom made computer, relatively old.

600mhz
40gb HD
integraded video+audio
386MB ram

any other info you guys need?

anyone? ive been trying to fix this for weeks, anyone please help.

please guys, I really need to fix it..

It's beyond me, I've never had a problem with Linux recognizing a PS2 keyboard. When you installed it, did you tell it you were using something other than a standard keyboard?

If I were you, I would boot with a knoppix CD first. If it doesn't work, you would have really hard time.

Major headache.....the configuration of XFree may not be correct.... and it's a intergrated video card which you may not know what's the chipset....

Would a faulty X configuration stop him from being able to log in even in RunLevel 3 ?