Re: prompt disappears on new 5.0.6 install

From: Ian Wilson (scobloke2_at_infotop.co.uk)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:09:13 +0000 (UTC)

scooter wrote:
> scooter wrote:
>
>> Roger Cornelius wrote:
>>
>>> scooter wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have installed OpenServer 5.0.6 on a HP ProLiant DL380 with
>>>> the 5i RAID controller.
>>>>
>>>> I installed the OS, then Dev Sys, then SMP, then all patches
>>>> and then the Compaq EFS (5.64a)
>>>>
>>>> System has dual Xeon 3.2 processors w/3GB RAM
>>>>
>>>> I noticed during installation of patches that while I was
>>>> typing from the command prompt, suddenly the first 10
>>>> characters or so would disappear. If I tried hitting enter
>>>> anyway, the system appears like it received ^[[L from the
>>>> keyboard
>>>>
>>>> For instance, if I was simply typing 'pwd' to see what
>>>> directory I was in, if it happened while I was typing that and
>>>> I hit enter at the end it would say ^[[Lpwd not found
>>>
>>> ^[[L (escape left-bracket L) is the sequence of characters
>>> generated when you press the Insert key. Is it possible you're
>>> pressing Insert as you type, either accidentally or deliberately?
>>>
>>
>> Nope...not hitting the insert key at all....
>>
>> One thing I notice is that if I just let the prompt sit there
>> without typing, it will never happen. It's only when I type, so
>> that would lead me to believe it's getting perhaps a bad keyboard
>> sequence or something... is there any strange new mapping that
>> takes place on a new 5.0.6 install that I'm not aware of?
>>
>> When I last saw it happen, I was typing rcmd to log onto another
>> server from there.....so, I tried to duplicate it a few minutes
>> later several times but couldn't....the next 4 attempts at doing
>> rcmd worked fine?
>>
>> One other thing...if I am xterm'd into the server, it doesn't
>> happen...only on the console....I have TERM=ansi on the console in
>> my .profile...
>>
>>
>> I'm still really baffled.....anyone??
>
> Anyone got anything on this? any ideas? suggestions?

I'd swap out the keyboard.

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