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Jeff Hyman

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May 4, 2009, 1:54:24 PM5/4/09
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Hello,

SCO 6.0.0
Dell PowerEdge 2900 with Perc6i
SCO MainPack4 installed.
USB Keyboard.

WARNING: Integral console keyboard not found.

login:

I get to login... but the keyboard light goes out at init level2,
and no keys respond. This started happening after MP4 was
installed. Megasa drivers installed too. Nothing obvious on
SCO TA's.

Any ideas where else to start looking?

- Jeff H

boni...@gmail.com

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May 7, 2009, 5:15:22 AM5/7/09
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Morning Jeff,

I would start by trying the following:

1) Try disconnecting and reconnecting the keyboard to
see if this has any effect
2) Try a different USB port to see if this has any effect
3) Try a different USB keyboard
4) Check the Dell BIOS for any USB settings that my
relate to the keyboard and 8042 Emulation Support

Regards,

John

Jeff Hyman

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May 8, 2009, 2:58:49 PM5/8/09
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boni...@gmail.com typed (on Thu, May 07, 2009 at 02:15:22AM -0700):

Thanks John!

Pat Welch

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May 8, 2009, 9:57:24 PM5/8/09
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So - what worked?

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Jeff Hyman

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May 12, 2009, 12:22:02 PM5/12/09
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Pat Welch typed (on Fri, May 08, 2009 at 06:57:24PM -0700):

Using a Dell USB keyboard on a Dell system did not work.
Using a non-Dell USB keyboard on a Dell system did work.
Sounds almost unbelievable.
- Jeff H

Pat Welch

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May 13, 2009, 1:29:32 AM5/13/09
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LOL.

Obviously, the Dell keyboard has the Dell OMG_ITS_SCO detector in it's
circuitry .... :)

I charge 3 times as much to load SCO into any Dell machine than I charge
to load HP or even white box machines.

Dells have always been a hassle loading SCO systems.

boni...@gmail.com

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May 13, 2009, 5:28:06 AM5/13/09
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On 12 May, 18:22, Jeff Hyman <scol...@cactus.com> wrote:

> Using a Dell USB keyboard on a Dell system did not work.
> Using a non-Dell USB keyboard on a Dell system did work.
> Sounds almost unbelievable.
> - Jeff H

Morning Jeff,

Just out of interest, did you try plugging the keyboard into
both the rear and front ports and if yes, did this make any
difference?

Thanks,

JOhn

Jeff Hyman

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May 13, 2009, 2:23:02 PM5/13/09
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boni...@gmail.com typed (on Wed, May 13, 2009 at 02:28:06AM -0700):

Well... we plugged the Dell keyboard into all (front and back) USB
ports with the same result... did not work.
Keytronics keyboard "did" work first time in the rear port.

Best Regards,
Jeffrey Hyman
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May 15, 2009, 4:48:01 PM5/15/09
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On May 13, 7:23 pm, Jeff Hyman <scol...@cactus.com> wrote:
> bonix...@gmail.com typed (on Wed, May 13, 2009 at 02:28:06AM -0700):

Never got any USB keyboard to work well without that "warning"
message. Been using IBM servers for some time and I was flat out told
that SCO is known to not like USB keyboards.

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