Odd hardware problem

[T. Horsnell]

>Hi,
>
>> > Is this likely to be an ACPI problem as before it boots fully, I can
>> > edit the command line in grub?
>> 
>> I do not understand, does the keyboard fail after the system is up, or 
>> immediately after a reboot?
>
>grub comes up with the kernel choice. I can edit this. Goes through the
>kernel boot, comes to start X, can't - keyboard won't respond.

Can you boot to single-user? (Add the option 'single' to the option-list in the
grub boot line). If so, prevent X from autostarting by changing the 5 to a
3 in the line 'id:5:initdefault:' in /etc/inittab. You should then be
able to boot up and log in through a terminal, and 'startx' to start X.
If the kbd then dies, suspect Xserver/card.

Cheers,
Terry.


>
>> IE, can you access the bios after a reboot? If not, I suggest to check the 
>> cmos battery. I had a similar problem with an old machine, and it turned out 
>> that the battery was dead. After I replaced it, keyboard came to life, and 
>> everything else was smooth. It sounds strange, but... :-)
>
>I'll check that tonight.
>
>TTFN
>
>Paul
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