On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Shetliffe, Mike wrote:
> I have been running RedHat5.1 for a while now - though still consider
> myself a newbie (since I can't fix things like this on my own!).
>
> I went to use Linux the other night and found I couldn't log in.
> Whatever I typed at the 'Login: ' prompt, would simply be "erased" when
> I pressed return. If I simply press return (without typing anything at
> the prompt), the console just "skips" to the "next" login prompt (ie
> there is now a new 'Login: ') prompt under the first.
>
What I kan think about is that there is a software problem, or a
hardware problem :) (Duh).
1st the hardware problem: It looks like that the keyboard is the problem,
but you used a floppy linux and that worked, so it isn't your keyboard.
I don't think that it is your hardware.
2nd the software problem: Have you also checked your keymaps?
they are in /usr/lib/kbd/keytables. they should be something like this:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1845 Nov 5 1997 uk.map.gz
I don't know if this is the anwser, but you can try.
If it isn't the answer, send your message logfile ( and only the
part of ONE boot + login) to rutgers. This could give clues about your
problem
>
> The only thing I changed since my previous Linux login was to upgrade my
> mainboard and videocard bios to fix a problem in "the other" OS. (which
> now works fine btw)
>
> I have booted into Linux using a floppy and poked around in my root
> filesystem. Everything seems as expected. /etc/passwd is fine (I'm not
> sure what else to check).
>
> I am thinking that maybe the keyboard input or format has changed as a
> result of upgrading the bios. Unlikely I know, but it's all I can think
> of.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I'm running a stand-alone K6-2 350MHz, 128MB RAM, Microstar5169
> Motherboard (ALI V Chipset), Matrox Millenium G200 8MB Video, Creative
> 16 SoundBlaster.
>
> TIA. Cheers,
> Mike
>
No thanks, and good luck.
Myckel Habets
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