[95336] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Keyboard Problem.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (paul)
Sat Oct 17 00:08:55 1998
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 00:13:49 -0400
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From: paul <paul.hessels@sheridanc.on.ca>
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<html><div>Ok, I booted my machine with a win95 boot disk and the keyboard
worked perfectly. I then booted linux with an emergency disk and it
also worked perfectly. The only thing that I had change a
reasonable time before I started having problems was that I had my
network interface changed from 10/half to 100/full(It was changed
accidentally but I left it that way because my network card seemed to be
working without complaint. I have a SMC Ether Power 10/100 with the
dec chipset.)</div>
<br>
<div>I didn't change any settings on the linux side and I had the drivers
for the nic complied in the kernel. I have had it suggested that
this is my problem and so now I'm going to recompile my kernel and load
the module for the nic instead. I have changed the interface back
to 10/half.</div>
<br>
<div>I'm hoping some one can give me some ideas for an easyier way to fix
this, or maybe even give me a better reason why this problem
occured.</div>
<br>
<div>At 03:06 PM 10/15/98 -0800, Ramon Gandia wrote:</div>
<div>></div>
<div>></div>
<div>>paul wrote:</div>
<div>>> </div>
<div>>> My PC got moved a couple feet.. after doing this my
keyboard</div>
<div>>> stopped responding properly. I can no longer turn the
Num Lock</div>
<div>>> on/off and pressing keys results in random characters
being</div>
<div>>> displayed. I have rebooted, I have tried a different
keyboard.</div>
<div>>> I can telnet to this machine with full functionality.
At this</div>
<div>>> stage I have convinced myself that this is a hardware
problem,</div>
<div>>> but in order for this to be fixed, at the company I work
for,</div>
<div>>> they are going to require me to have windows 95 installed
as the</div>
<div>>> OS. Before installing a new harddrive to put 95 on I
was hoping</div>
<div>>> someone on this list could offer me some suggestions as to
what</div>
<div>>> else I should be trying.</div>
<div>>> </div>
<div>>> I'm running a pentium 133 with 32 meg ram. Kernel
2.0.35</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>Hmmm. Try making out a Windows 95 floppy. Go to a
windows 95</div>
<div>>machine, START, PROGRAMS, MSDOS Prompt.</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>Insert a blank floppy in there.</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>C:\WINDOWS> format a: /s /u</div>
<div>>after it done formatting, check it out:</div>
<div>>C:\WINDOWS> dir</div>
<div>>it should show one file only: COMMAND.COM</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>Now take that floppy to your machine in question, and put it
</div>
<div>>into the drive and boot to it. You should end up with
an</div>
<div>>A:\></div>
<div>>prompt, perhaps just A: or A:></div>
<div>>Now type something. Just type it to the command
prompt. If</div>
<div>>it types okay, then your keyboard is okay and you need a
Linux</div>
<div>>Medic. If it gives errors, then you have a hardware
problem.</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>I suggest you REMOVE the existing hard drive with your
Linux,</div>
<div>>put in a cheapo 150 MB or larger drive in there, and
install</div>
<div>>a minimal Win 95 on it. Then give it to the repair
department.</div>
<div>>Reverse the process when you get it back and instant Linux
box.</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>That assumes that the repair is a real repair and does
not</div>
<div>>consist of replacing the computer or the motherboard. If
they</div>
<div>>do that, your Linux may or may not work correctly.</div>
<div>></div>
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