From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Mulcahy Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 16:38:36 +0000 Subject: RE: [Linux-ia64] keyboard problems with post 2.4.17 kernels on Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org 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> -- Stephen Mulcahy, Software Engineer, Mission Critical & Proactive Services, HP Customer Support R&D, HP, Ballybrit Business Park, Galway, Ireland. The contents of this message and any attachments to it are confidential and may be legally privileged. If you have received this message in error you should delete it from your system immediately and advise the sender. To any recipient of this message within HP, unless otherwise stated, you should consider this message and attachments as "HP CONFIDENTIAL".