Hello.
I have been running a home server for years that I have just reinstalled. Using the same hardware that I've used with v3.1-21 up to v4.4-1, I have installed a new drive and loaded v5.1-3 for a fresh start. It seems that the install went OK except one problem - the command line now echo's " ^@^@^@... " until the buffer fills and starts a new line. For some reason, I cannot login via the command line. I have tried to login by deleting the extra chars while typing the username, hitting enter in time, and the password is rejected (as if the chars are added into the string in the background). I can get a shell and shell JS from the gui with the same password.
I am concerned that this will ultimately cause infrequent crashes / lockups in the background. As I have been typing this, the line has not reset for the first time and is constantly echoing this string. Will this fill a log, max out something, etc.? I have reconnected the original disks with old images as a check and this problem does not occur again with the last installs!
My experience with linux is lacking, so I have not figured this out yet. Related posts I've found suggested that they had problems with keyboards, etc. In my case, I have not made any changes that I thought would cause this.
Background Info:
US-EN keyboard, CST, ext4, AMD II X6 1035T, 8G, 2 NICs
Tried 3 different (USB + IBM comp) keyboards, two disks, checked ISOs, looked for bios changes, etc.
I will try any advise that I get and mark this post as solved to help others. Please also keep my experience level in mind with any help! Thanks in advance for any guidance!
I have been running a home server for years that I have just reinstalled. Using the same hardware that I've used with v3.1-21 up to v4.4-1, I have installed a new drive and loaded v5.1-3 for a fresh start. It seems that the install went OK except one problem - the command line now echo's " ^@^@^@... " until the buffer fills and starts a new line. For some reason, I cannot login via the command line. I have tried to login by deleting the extra chars while typing the username, hitting enter in time, and the password is rejected (as if the chars are added into the string in the background). I can get a shell and shell JS from the gui with the same password.
I am concerned that this will ultimately cause infrequent crashes / lockups in the background. As I have been typing this, the line has not reset for the first time and is constantly echoing this string. Will this fill a log, max out something, etc.? I have reconnected the original disks with old images as a check and this problem does not occur again with the last installs!
My experience with linux is lacking, so I have not figured this out yet. Related posts I've found suggested that they had problems with keyboards, etc. In my case, I have not made any changes that I thought would cause this.
Background Info:
US-EN keyboard, CST, ext4, AMD II X6 1035T, 8G, 2 NICs
Tried 3 different (USB + IBM comp) keyboards, two disks, checked ISOs, looked for bios changes, etc.
I will try any advise that I get and mark this post as solved to help others. Please also keep my experience level in mind with any help! Thanks in advance for any guidance!