keyboard not work after login

jiawj · 09-19-2004, 02:17 PM

A ps/2 keyboard , before login , it worked fine ( on grub console )
but it's not response after login, why ?

That PC is a Server without xwin and sometimes the keyboard worked properly and others it failure.

thx for any help.

hoffmanyew · 09-19-2004, 10:16 PM

what kind of distro r u using? If u r using kde / gnome, go to the control panel and choose right keyboard configuration - most probably keybroad - english that will help your setting. After that, press "Ctrl+Alt+Backspace" to force X windows restart without reboot the entire distro. Hope, this will help you.

jiawj · 09-19-2004, 10:32 PM

thx for your help, hoffmanyew
Sorry , I didn't describe my issue clear.
That PC is a Server without xwin and without xorg.conf file, and sometimes the keyboard worked properly and others it failure.
the OS is Red Hat AS 3 U2.

hoffmanyew · 09-19-2004, 10:59 PM

erm.. Most probably u will have configure it using "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard". Make use all your KEYBOARD TYPE and KEYTABLE match with your hardware. In addition, please check "/etc/rc.d/" directory". Most probably, is inside in rc3.d since you are using it as a server which is the keytable something like this "S17keytable -> ../init.d/keytable". I have used this method b4 when i using red hat 7 and is not problem anymore when it is in red hat 8.0 and above / server equivalent.

jiawj · 09-20-2004, 12:43 AM

Thx again, hoffmanyew

cat /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
KEYBOARDTYPE="pc"
KEYTABLE="us"

I find my server that OS rh-as3-u2 installed have not the /etc/init.d/keytable file

I copyed the file (/etc/init.d/keytable) to my server on the same directory and ran command chkconfig --add installing to service queue.

What with the server was placed in telecom network center, I login the server with ssh mode, so I can't test the way at this stage , I will test the keyboard on tty console.

millions thx