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FromDmitry Torokhov <>
SubjectRe: 2.6.9 & 2.6.10 unresponsive to keyboard upon bootup
DateSat, 1 Jan 2005 16:31:36 -0500
On Saturday 01 January 2005 03:27 am, Roey Katz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Upon bootup, kernels 2.6.9 and 2.6.10 do not respond to keyboard input 
> (e.g., I enter a few chars at the prompt but I see nothing).  I can SSH 
> into the system, though, but I don't know what to do from there. I used 
> the .config from my 2.6.7 kernel, which works properly (I did run 'make 
> oldconfig'). In all .config files, I have the following:
> 
>   CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
>   CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
>   # CONFIG_KEYBOARD_SUNKBD is not set
>   # CONFIG_KEYBOARD_LKKBD is not set
>   # CONFIG_KEYBOARD_XTKBD is not set
>   # CONFIG_KEYBOARD_NEWTON is not set
> 
> So that looks OK... I also SSH'd into the system, did a 'cat 
> /dev/input/event0' and typed on the system's keyboard, but 'cat' 
> remained silent. Perhaps there is a better way to see if the system is 
> recognizing the keyboard input (or even seeing the keyboard 
> itself).  I give up.. what am I doing wrong???
> 

What does /proc/bus/input/devices show? Do you have Synaptics touchpad/
driver in your box?

-- 
Dmitry
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