Hi Mello, On Wednesday 25 January 2006 08:13, Mello wrote:
Hi, the keyboard (a rather regular 104-keys kbd) has been working fine until yesterday, no relevant changes have been done in the meantime. It also operates correctly with the BIOS screen and at Grub prompt so I'm pretty sure the hardware is fine. It just stops completely at the login prompt. The PC can be reached via ssh, even the HTTP server works fine. <snip>
Looks good up to this point.
Both messages are repeated if I brutally disconnect the PS2 connector and I plug it back.
Please be aware this can destroy your mainboard. PS2 is *not* hot-pluggable. Shut down completely when you need to unplug/replug/verify PS2 connections (mouse + keyboard.)
YAST2 doesn't report any issues. Keyboard is configured correctly in there.
Any advice on how I should proceed?
Boot to run level 3, log in as root and run SaX2 ("sax") from the command line. Try reconfiguring your keyboard *and* mouse (also PS2?) settings there. If that doesn work: If this problem didn't appear after a YOU update or the installation or removal of some software, and... if you didn't write/run any errant scripts or command line sequences... it might be worth booting into rescue mode and verifying the integrity of your filesystem... I've had corruptions of that sort cause strange symptoms like this, too. hth & regards, - Carl