CDE Login on console won't use keyboard

UNIX HP-UX
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Hi all,

I'm installing a HP r2660 machine with HP-UX 11.23 (this version fixed by customer's product) and I've troubles using the VGA console as workstation display.

At first it worked just as TEXT console, then I fixed /etc/dt/config/Xservers and now I've the CDE prompt for login.

Mouse is functional but keyboard is not working, please note that:

1.if I press keys, nothing happens.
2.If I then switch to text console from the option drop down menu, then I see all the keystroke I pressed at previous point.

Remote desktop access using chooser on different systems is perfectly working.

Sorry if this is a silly question, but I was unable to find any solution nowhere.

Thx in advance to you all guru.

L.

2

To my knowledge, HP 9000 servers have no graphics by default..., and so console would be on serial port or lan...
Is this a RP or a RX box?

3

Hi,

it's a rx2660 itanium server: I configured console on VGA by the boot menu.
As stated before, the CDE starts quite fine but the keyboard.

I don't know where to look.

I've reinstalled for other reasons a couple of times, and this is a systematic behavior.

Thx in advance.

MdP

4

Please check with dr_dt command.
And also you can do troubleshooting with the linke below.
CDE login screen not showing

Cheers,

5

Hi Jos,

I already performed the tasks you suggested, thx.

As stated before, the CDE system is working.

If I access fro remote, I see the CDE login and I can access the system flawlessy.

However, if I try to login on CDE from the console, the keyboard is not functional and it seems still tied to the text console instead (on the same VGA device, I see it if from the CDE option menu I select the text console login).

I'm a bit puzzled 'cause I can't figure out how to force the txt console to free the keyboard for the graphical front end.

thx and cheers,

M

6

I think you rather need to find/change the X-server configuration.
It will switch the (common) kbd driver to raw mode.
The X-server should have an error log (or adds to /var/adm/syslog/).
Sorry, I don't know HP-UX graphics in practice.

man X

Last but not least, your graphics cards might have a separate keyboard connector...