Re: PROBLEM: PS/2 keyboard and mouse not available/working/weird

Bas Vermeulen (bvermeul@blackstar.nl)
Fri, 13 Dec 2002 13:53:06 +0100 (CET)


On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Take Vos wrote:

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> On Tuesday 22 October 2002 16:34, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 04:03:49PM +0200, Take Vos wrote:
> > > In 2.5.44 both my PS/2 mice are not available, neither is my keyboard,
> > > although after sufficient keystrokes, sometimes 5, sometimes more, the
> > > keyboard is found, this is with Xfree.
> I am now using 2.5.51 and I still have the problem when I reboot from a 2.5.51
> kernel to a 2.5.51 or 2.4.19 kernel both my internal keyboard and mouse (DELL
> Inspiron 8100) are not working anymore. The strange thing is the keyboard
> does work in grub.
>
> relevant dmesg output:
> device class 'input': registering
> register interface 'mouse' with class 'input'
> mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> register interface 'joystick' with class 'input'
> register interface 'event' with class 'input'
> input: PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad on isa0060/serio1
> serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
> input: AT Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
> serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1

I have exactly the same problem on an Inspiron 8000. Been that way since
2.5.4x (7 or 8), but cannot get a working 2.5.51 to test at this point.

Just to add another data point. :)

Bas Vermeulen

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