[nmglug] no keyboard after x11 shutdown,

[Gary Sandine]

On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 11:09 -0600, Andres Paglayan wrote:
> I am installing gentoo in a dell inspiron ls (PIII @ 500)
> got to the x11 part, but when shutting down the server with
> ctrl-alt-backspace I got back to console but unable to use the
> keyboard,
> although it will recognize ctrl-alt-del and reboot, 

Do num lock or caps lock or other special keys work?  Does the Enter key
work?