Hi, I have seen the same problem with Arch on three different computers. They all have no floppy-drive installed. (one was a notebook) I think it is a Arch-related problem.
Am Mittwoch, 26. Oktober 2005 17:12 schrieb Dennis Herbrich: > >>> On Tuesday 25 October 2005 12:03 am, Paul Hoy wrote: > >>>> Anyway, after I rebooted, I was unable to logon because my keyboard no > >>>> longer worked. The keyboard (whith which I'm typing with at the > >>>> moment) works on two other OSs on the same machine. > > I sporadically encounter this issue as well, even if doing no software > update whatsoever. The keyboard allows switching VTs, though, meaning the > function keys are working just fine, and I pinpointed the issue to > flakey floppy connection cabling that seems to throw the kernel off the > loop quite interestingly. In fact, that keyboard problem is accompanied > by a bootup failure with the message "no cont in shutdown!" where fd0 is > usually registered. Just hangs there. Sometimes it boots through, > though, which is when the keyboard does not work. I usually leave the > floppy drive disabled in the BIOS, so I don't realize something is > fishy until the machine hangs during bootup. The issue is reproducably > "fixable" by gently stroking the floppy cabling here. > > Usually this happens when I move the box about, sometimes even without > applying any changes whatsoever. I blame cheap hardware, but have no > clue at all how the floppy drive could affect the keyboard, let alone > *if* it does. Just my personal experience with a strikingly similar > issue that might be worth trying as a last resort. Sacrificing a black > virgin pigeon might also help. > > Dennis > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch -- Pierre Schmitz WWW: http://archlinux.laber-land.de _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
