No keyboard input on boot

I am sending this out again with some updates. Hopefully someone can help me. I built and installed a new kernel (2.4.21) on a Dell Dimension 8250. After a reboot the kernel allows no input from the keyboard. I can rlogin. This kernel runs fine on a Dell Precision laptop. I verified that "Chara

Re: No keyboard input on boot

Make sure that you have "Character devices ---> Virtual terminal" set in the kernel setup. Which correcponds to CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y in .config. rgh On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 23:47, dhobner wrote: > I built and installed a new kernel (2.4.21) on a Dell Dimension 8250. After > a reboot the kernel allow

No keyboard input on boot

I built and installed a new kernel (2.4.21) on a Dell Dimension 8250. After a reboot the kernel allows no input from the keyboard. I cannot log in or anything. I must poweroff and then wait for the disk to be checked. I have lilo so I can run my old kernel. Can anyone help me with this problem