Hello SuSE folk, Have had this really weird & strange thing happen a couple of times in the last few days. Go to login at bootup. (graphical kdm?) Click on the user and then type the password. Login fails. So then type in root, but when I type "r" to start, the numerical character 4 is added before the r even the only typed character is r. Of course the name is wrong and the login will fail. Then try to type in a users name and random "4"'s will appear in the users name. Again, the login will fail. Even happened a couple of times when booting init3. (the random "4" would be added to the user name.) Will eventually get in using a terminal and then check everything I could think of including the login manager, passwords, etc., etc. Some kind of hardware problem ?? Keyboard ?? But that shouldn't have effected the GUI login. Ran memtest 24 straight hours with no errors. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Ideas?? clues ?? ......Maybe it is time for new MB?? (system?) Bob S.
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 08.04, Bob S. wrote:
Hello SuSE folk,
Have had this really weird & strange thing happen a couple of times in the last few days.
Go to login at bootup. (graphical kdm?) Click on the user and then type the password. Login fails. So then type in root, but when I type "r" to start, the numerical character 4 is added before the r even the only typed character is r. Of course the name is wrong and the login will fail.
Then try to type in a users name and random "4"'s will appear in the users name. Again, the login will fail. Even happened a couple of times when booting init3. (the random "4" would be added to the user name.) Will eventually get in using a terminal and then check everything I could think of including the login manager, passwords, etc., etc.
Some kind of hardware problem ?? Keyboard ?? But that shouldn't have effected the GUI login. Ran memtest 24 straight hours with no errors.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Ideas?? clues ?? ......Maybe it is time for new MB?? (system?)
Bob S.
Try a new keyboard, or check that the one you have it securely seated in the connector. My guess is it's the keyboard acting up. I have a hard time thinking it would be software related... -- /Rikard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rikard Johnels email : rikjoh@norweb.se Web : http://www.rikjoh.com Mob : +46 735 05 51 01 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 08.04, Bob S. wrote:
Hello SuSE folk,
Have had this really weird & strange thing happen a couple of times in the last few days.
Go to login at bootup. (graphical kdm?) Click on the user and then type the password. Login fails. So then type in root, but when I type "r" to start, the numerical character 4 is added before the r even the only typed character is r. Of course the name is wrong and the login will fail.
Then try to type in a users name and random "4"'s will appear in the users name. Again, the login will fail. Even happened a couple of times when booting init3. (the random "4" would be added to the user name.) Will eventually get in using a terminal and then check everything I could think of including the login manager, passwords, etc., etc.
Some kind of hardware problem ?? Keyboard ?? But that shouldn't have effected the GUI login. Ran memtest 24 straight hours with no errors.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Ideas?? clues ?? ......Maybe it is time for new MB?? (system?)
Bob S.
Try a new keyboard, or check that the one you have it securely seated in the connector. My guess is it's the keyboard acting up. I have a hard time thinking it would be software related... --
Is it a wireless keyboard, by any chance? I have a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse, and when the battery is getting low, all sorts of weird things happen, similar to what you describe. David
I had similar problems with a keyboard. It turned out something had dropped into the keyboard and was "shorting" out one of the keys. I blew the stuff out and it worked fine again. I one very difficult case I had to take the keyboard apart and clean it with alcohol to get it "fixed". Bob David Robertson wrote:
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 08.04, Bob S. wrote:
Hello SuSE folk,
Have had this really weird & strange thing happen a couple of times in the last few days.
Go to login at bootup. (graphical kdm?) Click on the user and then type the password. Login fails. So then type in root, but when I type "r" to start, the numerical character 4 is added before the r even the only typed character is r. Of course the name is wrong and the login will fail.
Then try to type in a users name and random "4"'s will appear in the users name. Again, the login will fail. Even happened a couple of times when booting init3. (the random "4" would be added to the user name.) Will eventually get in using a terminal and then check everything I could think of including the login manager, passwords, etc., etc.
Some kind of hardware problem ?? Keyboard ?? But that shouldn't have effected the GUI login. Ran memtest 24 straight hours with no errors.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Ideas?? clues ?? ......Maybe it is time for new MB?? (system?)
Bob S.
Try a new keyboard, or check that the one you have it securely seated in the connector. My guess is it's the keyboard acting up. I have a hard time thinking it would be software related... --
Is it a wireless keyboard, by any chance? I have a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse, and when the battery is getting low, all sorts of weird things happen, similar to what you describe.
David
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 03:55 am, David Robertson wrote:
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 08.04, Bob S. wrote:
Hello SuSE folk,
Have had this really weird & strange thing happen a couple of times in the last few days.
Go to login at bootup. (graphical kdm?) Click on the user and then type the password. Login fails. So then type in root, but when I type "r" to start, the numerical character 4 is added before the r even the only typed character is r. Of course the name is wrong and the login will fail.
Then try to type in a users name and random "4"'s will appear in the users name. Again, the login will fail. Even happened a couple of times when booting init3. (the random "4" would be added to the user name.) Will eventually get in using a terminal and then check everything I could think of including the login manager, passwords, etc., etc.
Some kind of hardware problem ?? Keyboard ?? But that shouldn't have effected the GUI login. Ran memtest 24 straight hours with no errors.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Ideas?? clues ?? ......Maybe it is time for new MB?? (system?)
Bob S.
Try a new keyboard, or check that the one you have it securely seated in the connector. My guess is it's the keyboard acting up. I have a hard time thinking it would be software related... --
Is it a wireless keyboard, by any chance? I have a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse, and when the battery is getting low, all sorts of weird things happen, similar to what you describe.
David
Thanks for replying guys. Nope not a wireless. Is an old PS2 though. Guess it is time to go try a new one. Bob S.
On 17.08.04,02:04, Bob S. wrote:
Hello SuSE folk,
Have had this really weird & strange thing happen a couple of times in the last few days.
Go to login at bootup. (graphical kdm?) Click on the user and then type the password. Login fails. So then type in root, but when I type "r" to start, the numerical character 4 is added before the r even the only typed character is r. Of course the name is wrong and the login will fail.
Then try to type in a users name and random "4"'s will appear in the users name. Again, the login will fail. Even happened a couple of times when booting init3. (the random "4" would be added to the user name.) Will eventually get in using a terminal and then check everything I could think of including the login manager, passwords, etc., etc.
Some kind of hardware problem ?? Keyboard ?? But that shouldn't have effected the GUI login. Ran memtest 24 straight hours with no errors.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Ideas?? clues ?? ......Maybe it is time for new MB?? (system?)
Bob S.
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I had a Dell Latitude Laptop before which started doings things like
this. The keyboard had to be changed. Apparently a weakness since this
had happened several times in the company with the same models.
- Jostein
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Jostein Berntsen
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