From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267754AbUG3Rif (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:38:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267767AbUG3Rif (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:38:35 -0400 Received: from mail.aei.ca ([206.123.6.14]:44774 "EHLO aeimail.aei.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267754AbUG3Rib (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:38:31 -0400 Subject: Re: [patch] voluntary-preempt-2.6.8-rc2-L2 PS2 keyboard gone south From: Shane Shrybman To: Ingo Molnar Cc: linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <20040730152040.GA13030@elte.hu> References: <1091196403.2401.10.camel@mars> <20040730152040.GA13030@elte.hu> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1091209106.2356.3.camel@mars> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:38:26 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Fri, 2004-07-30 at 11:20, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Shane Shrybman wrote: > > > Twice while using -L2 my IBM PS2 keyboard has become completely > > non-responsive. USB mouse and everything else seems to be fine, but no > > LEDs or anything from the keyboard. > > > > On both occasions the last key I hit on the keyboard was numlock and the > > numlock did not come on and I had to reboot after that. > > > > UP, x86, gcc 2.95, scsi + ide, bttv > > > > Resolved in M5? > > M5 does that differently, yes - so could you try it? If you still get > problems, does this fix it: > Ok, M5 locked up the whole machine within a few seconds of starting X. > echo 0 > /proc/irq/1/*/threaded > I rebooted and tried the above command, but the keyboard became unresponsive again soon after starting X. > (this turns the IRQ 1 thread off.) > > Ingo > Shane