No Response at Login Prompt

CrossProgramming · n00b Joined: 10 Sep 2002 Posts: 6

I successfully Installed Gentoo using the stage3 tar ball. After I get everything setup I reboot to the hard drive for the first time and after the kernal loads I get no response from the keyboard at the login prompt.

The things I tried include editing and minimizing the startup scripts such as local.start and rc.conf. I also thought that It could be my keybaoard map but I set it to us and checked for that a map exists for that setting.

Everything works fine when I boot off a CD or to Windows. Running out of ideas---
Thanks.

rac · Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:15 am Post subject:

Try comparing your kernel's .config file with the one used to generate the 1.2 install CD.
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CrossProgramming · n00b Joined: 10 Sep 2002 Posts: 6

There are some differences between my config file and the one fromthe link. One thing that stikes me is the PNP support. I forgot to enable that one in my kernal. Would it be possible for that to affect the keyboard. I have my BIOS set to NO PNP OS so that it intiallizes all the hardware.

The keyboard also works through the boot loader.

I have a MS Natural PS/2 Keyboard. Also tried a different MS keyboard with the same results.

rac · Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 7:11 am Post subject:

PNP doesn't seem like a likely suspect. How about CONFIG_VT and/or CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE?
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RagManX · Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 3:38 pm Post subject:

Are you using a USB keyboard? If so, make sure you've compiled USB device support in. That got me the first time I set up Gentoo on a system with a USB keyboard and mouse.

RagManX
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