Re: Re:Re: Linux 2.6.0-test4

[Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de>]

* Chris Heath <chris@heathens.co.nz>:
> > I still have issues with the keyboard -- sometimes when typing in the
> > frambuffer console I get an "unknown scancode" and after that the CTRL
> > key is stuck forever, which forces me to reboot.
> 
> Please post the full error message.  Does the error message always
> contain the same scancode?

I'll do that.

Aug 27 18:53:41 hummus2 kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key (set 2, scancode 0x9d, on isa0060/serio0) pressed.
Aug 27 19:15:14 hummus2 kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key (set 2, scancode 0xb9, on isa0060/serio0) pressed.
Aug 27 19:42:50 hummus2 kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key (set 2, scancode 0x9d, on isa0060/serio0) pressed.
Aug 28 10:14:14 hummus2 kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key (set 2, scancode 0x9d, on isa0060/serio0) pressed.

Basically, CTRL was stuck. Even when I switched to X11.

> My guess is you can get out of that without a reboot.  Next time it
> happens, try this:
>    1. Press and release each Ctrl key. (This makes sure the key_down
>       array is correct.)
>    2. Switch to another console and back again. (This executes the
>       compute_shiftstate function, which recalculates the shift
>       state from the key_down array.)

Ah, good idea.

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