Re: Mouse/Keyboard problems with 2.5.38

Vojtech Pavlik (vojtech@suse.cz)
Thu, 26 Sep 2002 13:37:25 +0200


On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:32:59PM +0200, Stian Jordet wrote:

> > > Second problem, if I press SHIFT+PAGEUP, my computer freezes. It spits
> > > out this message: "input: AT Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0, and then
> > > it's dead. I have a Logitech cordless keyboard.
> > >
> > > Anyone else experienced this?
> >
> > I fixed this in about 2.5.36. Please #define ATKBD_DEBUG in
> > drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c, and send me the kernel output just
> > before the crash, please. I'll try to reproduce it here meanwhile.
>
> I'm added #define ATKBD_DEBUG right below all the other define's in
> atkbd.c, did a make clean; make dep; make bzImage and tried again. I
> can't see any difference. It still just prints "input: AT Set 2 keyboard
> on isa0060/serio0".

Hmm, have you looked into 'dmesg'? It prints the information with
KERN_DEBUG priority, which often won't make it on the screen or into the
logs ...

> I did, however, find out that if I press SHIFT+what
> ever of the buttons arrows, insert, home, page up/down, delete and end,
> I get just the same behaviour. It does not happen with CTRL or ALT.

Can you try passing 'i8042_direct' on the kernel command line to see if
it cures the problem? It looks like your keyboard is doing some very
strange 84-key-at-emulation, stranger than others do ...

> Thank you very much.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs
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