From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 06:49:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 06:49:32 -0500 Received: from styx.suse.cz ([195.70.145.226]:61943 "EHLO kerberos.suse.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 06:49:15 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 12:49:11 +0100 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Benson Chow Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: USB Keyboards for x86/uhci in 2.4- kernels? Message-ID: <20010110124911.A2134@suse.cz> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from blc@q.dyndns.org on Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 11:55:14PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 11:55:14PM -0700, Benson Chow wrote: > Anyone tried using these beasts on a x86? > > Anyway, what's happening: In BIOS my USB keyboard works really poorly - > it almost seems scancodes get dropped left and right. Ok, so I don't mind > too much, i'm sure BIOS has a very limited driver. After booting > Microsoft's offerring, it would work fine after it installs its driver. > I also tried this same keyboard on a HPUX Visualize C3600 workstation and > it also works nicely. > > However linux would never fix this "scancode drop" syndrome even after > loading the hid or usbkbd driver. Both my Via uhci USB motherboard and > PIIX3 USB motherboard exhibit this usb keyboard strangeness > with the hid or usbkbd driver is installed. I think the PIIX3 > motherboard's bios doesnt handle USB properly so it doesn't even work in > BIOS setup. Any idea what's going on? Is there some other driver or > utility I need to install/run to get it working? Maybe just my bad bios? > > BTW: my USB Mouse, and USB Printer seem to work nicely in 2.4.0-release. > > USB KBD: NMB USB 104-key PC-Style > USB Mouse: Microsoft Intellimouse w/Intellieye 1.0, Logitech Optical Wheel > USB Printer: HP Deskjet 880C > USB Hub: Belkin 4-port > Intel 82437SB(?) PIIX3 and Via 82C686(?) USB controller > > Working: Stock HPUX10.2 HP Visualize C3600 PARISC2 Workstation > Working: Microsoft Windows 98 First Edition on the Via. What modules are loaded? What's in /proc/bus/usb/devices? What's in dmesg? -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/