Re: isa0060/serio0 problems -WAS- Re: Asus MB and 2.6.12 Problems

[Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net>]

Andrew Morton wrote:

>Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> wrote:
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>>I am cc'ing your message to Vojtech Pavlik, the INPUT DRIVERS kernel 
>>maintainer.
>>
>>Vojtech, I figured these should be sent to you.  If I am wrong, please 
>>redirect them to the correct person / list and let us know.
>>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>Frank Peters wrote:
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>>>On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:10:18 -0400
>>>Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> wrote:
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>>>>I am having the same problem with my Shuttle FT61 motherboard, although 
>>>>I have not tried to disable ACPI... Until now I thought I just had a 
>>>>faulty keyboard, as my method to fix this was to unplug the keyboard and 
>>>>plug it back in after bootup.  When this happens, I see this in dmesg as 
>>>>the last line:
>>>>
>>>>input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
>>>>
>>>>I am also having problems with my AUX mouse, as seen in message
>>>>
>>>>Subject: 2.6.12-rc5-mm1 breaks serio: i8042 AUX port
>>>>
>>>>Frank, are you having problems with your ps/2 mouse port as well?
>>>>
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>>>I am so glad that you asked this.
>>>
>>>I have not been able to get my ps/2 mouse to function with any
>>>2.6.x or 2.4.x kernel (same ASUS MB).  The problem is already
>>>so long standing that I have completely given up on it and use
>>>a serial mouse exclusively and no longer bother with ps/2.
>>>
>>>(I also hate to report that since I dual boot with MS Windows,
>>>the ps/2 mouse functions properly under the same conditions
>>>with MS Windows 2K.  The hardware cannot be at fault.) 
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>>>>As a clarification, I have been having these keyboard problems 
>>>>intermittently, regardless of whether I'm using -mm or mainline kernel.  
>>>>I was NOT having this problem in 2.6.11  I wasn't having the psaux mouse 
>>>>problems in 2.6.11 either  .... I unplugged my psaux mouse from that 
>>>>machine before 2.6.12-mainline was released, so I don't know if those 
>>>>symptoms are still present.
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>>>Actually, my keyboard problems began with kernel-2.6.11, but were
>>>quickly resolved when I used the following parameter in my lilo.conf
>>>file:
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>>>i8042.nomux
>>>
>>>When I use this parameter, or any other i8042 specific parameter,
>>>with kernel-2.6.12, there is no effect.  The keyboard still occasionally
>>>comes up dead.
>>>
>>>Thanks for the information on unplugging and re-plugging the keyboard.
>>>I'll give that a try soon.
>>>
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>Guys, are these problems fixed in 2.6.13-rc4?
>
>If not, please cc linux-kernel on the reply, thanks.
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Sadly, I must report that yes, the problem still intermittently occurs 
in 2.6.13-rc4 :-(  I'm the one that tested on the Shuttle FT61 
Motherboard.  Never has a problem in windows and never in 2.6.11 and 
earlier.

I first noticed this problem sometime during 2.6.12-rc series.

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Michael Krufky