Salut,

I think your problem might be what is always my problem too after
installing NetBSD.
Quick solution, switch to the second console with ALT+CTRL+F2, then 
edit /etc/ttys and change:
	console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" vt100 on secure
to
	console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" vt100 off secure

Then enable ttyE0 by changing "off" to "on".
Save and reboot.

Cheers,
Adrian

On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 10:50:00PM -0400, Sai Krishnamurthy wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>  
> 
>             I am a newbie to NetBSD. I had been using my NetBSD box
> passively by telneting into it for some time. When the system is booted,
> the keyboard will work only for a short time during the initial boot
> process and stops working after that. The console waits at the login
> prompt and I just can't type in anything. I ended up changing some
> network configuration file and now I cannot telnet anymore. I read
> somewhere about serial consoles. Will it help connecting a serial
> console to my system ??. If so, could someone tell me how to go about
> configuring this ??. Remember that the only time keyboard works is when
> entering initial netbsd boot options. I even tried bringing up the
> system in single user mode. In that case, the keyboard freezes again and
> won't let me type the default shell to be used. The system is a Dell
> dimension desktop with USB keyboard and mouse (no PS2 support in
> motherboard). The version of NetBSD I am using is 2.0.

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