delayed input at login prompt after boot

I have recently installed Etch.
There's one thing that I am getting more and more annoyed with every time I boot-up and login to the system the first time after booting:

After a successful boot, it puts up a login: prompt as it should BUT it does not register input from the keyboard for about 10 sec. That is, I type my username and it is not registered at all. I just keep hitting the first letter of the username until I see it appear on the screen, then continue.

Any idea on what causes this, and how to fix?

Thanks very much for any help.

Bill

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