In addition, try a different video setting.. different
resolution, See the posting by someone else on a suse
problem and keyboard disappearing in X-gui.
--- KE7FEG <
eculbert@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sounds like a loose connection problem..not totally
> loose, just getting there. Check the
> connection/plug/whatever from the panel that holds
> the
> mouse/kb connector to the mother board. Could that
> be
> loose or have bad solder connection? Possibly when
> you
> 'hit' the power button, it makes a connection.m The
> plug may be bad on the motherboard side, but both?
> not
> likely at the same time.
>
> Have you tried other kb's/mice?
>
> Tried a livecd and seen if the problem goes away
> w/different distro?
>
> Check the bios settings, and make sure that it wants
> a
> kb there. be sure to 'save and exit' after setting
> the
> fact it needs a keyboard. Bios might be 'flakey' ..
> hope not.
>
> Just ideas.
>
> Good luck.
>
>
>
> --- Michael <bmike101@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > This reminds me:
> >
> > About haf the times I start my computer my
> keyboard
> > and mouse won't work. The
> > only thing I can do is hit the power button. Any
> > ideas what the problem might
> > be?
> >
> > On Saturday 20 May 2006 16:24, Alan Gore wrote:
> > > Thanks for the help last week on my problem with
> > getting remote VNC
> > > access to a new SUSE installation. I found that
> my
> > problem was an
> > > overenthusiastic SUSE firewall. Although I
> checked
> > the firewall port
> > > open options when I opted in YaST for enabling
> the
> > VNC ("Remote KDE
> > > desktop") server. There must be a bug that is
> > causing the wrong port
> > > to be opened for VNC. I should be able to go
> into
> > YaST firewall
> > > configuration and manually open port 5900.
> > >
> > > But I've hot a new problem: suddenly, KDE can't
> > see m keyboard. It
> > > doesn't see any characters I enter, except that
> > the Alt-F4
> > > combination, which used to close the current
> > window, now pops me out
> > > to a kernel login. The keyboard works fine here,
> > so I know it's not
> > > my hardware.
> > >
> > > Wiyjout a keyboard in KDE, I can't enter the
> root
> > password needed to
> > > get into YaST to reconfigure the firewall. This
> > prevents me from
> > > getting VNC access back. Is there a way of
> > disabling the firewall
> > > without a keyboard, or from he kernel login in
> > which my keyboard stll
> > > works?
> > >
> > >
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