[Linux-ia64] keyboard problems with post 2.4.17 kernels on proliant dl590 (itanium)

[Linux-ia64] keyboard problems with post 2.4.17 kernels on proliant dl590 (itanium)

[Stephen Mulcahy]

Hi,

I've been having difficulty compiling a kernel that provides a working
keyboard from sources newer than 2.4.17 - is this a known problem
(google sheds no light on things)? I can't see anything in dmesg to
suggest an error but as soon as elilo hands loads the kernel, I lose
the ability to input anything through the keyboard.

This is with vanilla kernel sources (2.4.18, 2.4.19 and 2.4.20) +
official ia64 patches and with debian kernel sources.

thanks,

-stephen

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RE: [Linux-ia64] keyboard problems with post 2.4.17 kernels on proliant dl590 (itanium)

[Luck, Tony]

> I've been having difficulty compiling a kernel that provides a working
> keyboard from sources newer than 2.4.17 - is this a known problem
> (google sheds no light on things)? I can't see anything in dmesg to
> suggest an error but as soon as elilo hands loads the kernel, I lose
> the ability to input anything through the keyboard.
> 
> This is with vanilla kernel sources (2.4.18, 2.4.19 and 2.4.20) +
> official ia64 patches and with debian kernel sources.

USB or PS/2 keyboard?

On PS/2 ... I've had problems on various versions of Linux on my
BigSur where the keyboard doesn't work.  Unplugging and re-plugging
the keyboard (and then typing a few characters) always seems to
unjam it.

On USB ... I often fail to get all the config options right to enable
the keyboard ... but that's a personal problem.

-Tony

RE: [Linux-ia64] keyboard problems with post 2.4.17 kernels on

[Stephen Mulcahy]

PS2, sorry for the omission. I have tried unplugging and replugging to
no avail. It seems to be something systematic that changed since
2.4.17 because I didn't experience any problems up to then (I haven't
been tracking kernel updates in a while .. serves me right :-)

-stephen

On Wed, 14 May 2003, Luck, Tony wrote:

LT> > I've been having difficulty compiling a kernel that provides a working
LT> > keyboard from sources newer than 2.4.17 - is this a known problem
LT> > (google sheds no light on things)? I can't see anything in dmesg to
LT> > suggest an error but as soon as elilo hands loads the kernel, I lose
LT> > the ability to input anything through the keyboard.
LT> >
LT> > This is with vanilla kernel sources (2.4.18, 2.4.19 and 2.4.20) +
LT> > official ia64 patches and with debian kernel sources.
LT>
LT> USB or PS/2 keyboard?
LT>
LT> On PS/2 ... I've had problems on various versions of Linux on my
LT> BigSur where the keyboard doesn't work.  Unplugging and re-plugging
LT> the keyboard (and then typing a few characters) always seems to
LT> unjam it.
LT>
LT> On USB ... I often fail to get all the config options right to enable
LT> the keyboard ... but that's a personal problem.
LT>
LT> -Tony
LT>

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