2.4.20-rc3 keyboard & mouse lost in X

2.4.20-rc3 keyboard & mouse lost in X

[Murray J. Root]

I've mentioned it before many times, (since 2.4.20-pre8) so I'll just
mention - it still happens.
Going to X mouse and keyboard stop responding.

Not a good thing, since most users like using X.

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Re: 2.4.20-rc3 keyboard & mouse lost in X

[khromy]

On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 05:10:43AM -0500, Murray J. Root wrote:
> I've mentioned it before many times, (since 2.4.20-pre8) so I'll just
> mention - it still happens.
> Going to X mouse and keyboard stop responding.
> 
> Not a good thing, since most users like using X.

Are you sure it isn't an XF86Config problem?  Does 2.4.19 work?

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Re: 2.4.20-rc3 keyboard & mouse lost in X

[Ulrich Wiederhold]

Hi,
I have the same problem, but I think my hole PC crashed, I can't ping or
connect via ssh.
I don't get any errors.
Uli

 
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Re: 2.4.20-rc3 keyboard & mouse lost in X

[Murray J. Root]

On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 02:11:52PM -0500, khromy wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 05:10:43AM -0500, Murray J. Root wrote:
> > I've mentioned it before many times, (since 2.4.20-pre8) so I'll just
> > mention - it still happens.
> > Going to X mouse and keyboard stop responding.
> > 
> > Not a good thing, since most users like using X.
> 
> Are you sure it isn't an XF86Config problem?  Does 2.4.19 work?

2.4.19 works - every 2.4.x works up to 2.4.20pre8. pre8 with ac3
works (what I'm using now). If you look back you'll see I've reported
this for many versions (most of 2.5.4x has the same problem).

The ONLY difference between working and not working is the kernel
version.

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Re: 2.4.20-rc3 keyboard & mouse lost in X

[John Bradford]

> > > I've mentioned it before many times, (since 2.4.20-pre8) so I'll just
> > > mention - it still happens.
> > > Going to X mouse and keyboard stop responding.
> > > 
> > > Not a good thing, since most users like using X.
> > 
> > Are you sure it isn't an XF86Config problem?  Does 2.4.19 work?
> 
> 2.4.19 works - every 2.4.x works up to 2.4.20pre8. pre8 with ac3
> works (what I'm using now). If you look back you'll see I've reported
> this for many versions (most of 2.5.4x has the same problem).

Try disabling the local APIC, if it is enabled.

> The ONLY difference between working and not working is the kernel
> version.

2.4.x and 2.5.x have very different input layers, so it is suprising
that the same problem is occuring with both trees.

John.

Re: 2.4.20-rc3 keyboard & mouse lost in X

[Murray J. Root]

On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:11:28PM +0000, John Bradford wrote:
> > > > I've mentioned it before many times, (since 2.4.20-pre8) so I'll just
> > > > mention - it still happens.
> > > > Going to X mouse and keyboard stop responding.
> > > > 
> > > > Not a good thing, since most users like using X.
> > > 
> > > Are you sure it isn't an XF86Config problem?  Does 2.4.19 work?
> > 
> > 2.4.19 works - every 2.4.x works up to 2.4.20pre8. pre8 with ac3
> > works (what I'm using now). If you look back you'll see I've reported
> > this for many versions (most of 2.5.4x has the same problem).
> 
> Try disabling the local APIC, if it is enabled.

This caused the keyboard to work in X. Mouse still not responsive.
I do get an error message in syslog after starting X now:

Nov 24 17:59:12 Master kernel: keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?(00)

but the keyboard works.

> 
> > The ONLY difference between working and not working is the kernel
> > version.
> 
> 2.4.x and 2.5.x have very different input layers, so it is suprising
> that the same problem is occuring with both trees.

Very surprising. I can't test 2.5.49, though, as it won't boot from my
reiserfs v3.6 HD.

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Re: 2.4.20-rc3 keyboard & mouse lost in X

[John Bradford]

> > > > > I've mentioned it before many times, (since 2.4.20-pre8) so I'll just
> > > > > mention - it still happens.

You didn't CC me in on this reply - although I am subscribed to LKML,
like most subscribers, I don't read every single message on the list,
and could easily have missed your reply - please CC relevant people,
unless they ask you not to.  This may be why you didn't get replies
before :-).

> > > > > Going to X mouse and keyboard stop responding.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Not a good thing, since most users like using X.
> > > > 
> > > > Are you sure it isn't an XF86Config problem?  Does 2.4.19 work?
> > > 
> > > 2.4.19 works - every 2.4.x works up to 2.4.20pre8. pre8 with ac3
> > > works (what I'm using now). If you look back you'll see I've reported
> > > this for many versions (most of 2.5.4x has the same problem).
> > 
> > Try disabling the local APIC, if it is enabled.
> 
> This caused the keyboard to work in X.

Good.

> Mouse still not responsive.
> I do get an error message in syslog after starting X now:
> 
> Nov 24 17:59:12 Master kernel: keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not
> present?(00)
> 
> but the keyboard works.

The people I suggest you contact are:

Alan Cox - he will know why disabling the APIC fixed the keyboard
Vojtech Pavlik - he knows all about the input layer code

John.