Re: XFree86 seems to be being wrongly accused of doing the wrong thing

[Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>]

On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 02:26:05PM -0500, Gerhard Mack wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> 
> > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:03:55 +0100
> > From: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
> > To: Gerhard Mack <gmack@innerfire.net>
> > Cc: Peter Williams <peterw@aurema.com>,
> >      "[iso-8859-1] \"Frédéric L. W. Meunier\"" <1@pervalidus.net>,
> >      linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: XFree86 seems to be being wrongly accused of doing the wrong
> >     thing
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 12:37:37PM -0500, Gerhard Mack wrote:
> > > On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Peter Williams wrote:
> > >
> > > > Frédéric L. W. Meunier wrote:
> > > > > Wrongly ?
> > > >
> > > > Yes, wrongly.  XFree86 wasn't even running when the messages appeared so
> > > > there's no way that it could be to blame.  Also no keys had been pressed
> > > > or released.
> > >
> > > I have a machine here I see that message on before the init scripts even
> > > load.
> >
> > Quick question: Does it go away if you compile USB support into the
> > kernel statically?
> >
> 
> I have USB compiled in and it's still there.  I should also note that the
> keyboard is plugged into the ps/2 port.

Yes, if you had the keyboard in USB, then i8042 wouldn't need to be used
at all.

> The mouse on the other hand is plugged into the USB port.

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR