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    When I boot up to the "LILO boot:" prompt, if I type in "linux", the

keyboard won't work when I get to the "login" prompt (booting into text
mode, not X windows).  I can telnet into the system, but can't get the
keyboard to affect anything, even the screen blanker.
    But, if I enter "linux single" at the "LILO boot:" prompt, the
keyboard DOES work, and I can log in normally.  But can't do much.

    What would cause this behavior?

:     But, if I enter "linux single" at the "LILO boot:" prompt, the
: keyboard DOES work, and I can log in normally.  But can't do much.

:     What would cause this behavior?

Some script executed in runlevels 2, 3 or 4. Try them and see.

Peter

I have no idea if this is an appropriate answer, but I had the same trouble
when I tried fooling around with my Kensington's Mouse-In-A-Box; its a PS/2
mouse, but I have it attached to the serial port as it doesn't work
otherwise.  When I downloaded kernel 2.4 (test9-pre6), I tried setting up the
mouse again via the PS/2 port (with no avail).  When /dev/mouse was linked to
/dev/psaux, my keyboard also froze up on the initial command login prompt.
As single user, I relinked it back to /dev/ttyS0 and the keyboard was usuable
again.  Not sure what happened there....

Cheers,
Andrew