From: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
To: Udo van den Heuvel <udovdh@xs4all.nl>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: weird keyboard issue (ps/2 port?) 3.9.x/3.10.x?
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:40:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <521CC85D.6000009@hurleysoftware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <521AED72.8050105@xs4all.nl>
[ +cc Greg KH, Jiri S ]
On 08/26/2013 01:53 AM, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am stuck with a weird keyboard related issue:
> Since a few weeks I see loads of ^@^@^@^@^@^@ appear on the text console
> while the PC_speaker beeps when this box is in runlevel 3.
> When xorg is running the ^@^@^@ stream stops, as does the beeping, but I
> can notice that selecting text, scrolling xterminals with the mouse are
> interrupted by these characters appearing. (but not printing)
>
> Removing/replacing the ps/2 keyboard does not help.
> Rebooting does help for a while.
>
> The hardware is a Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4, BIOS F5a 04/30/2013.
> I replaced the board last weekend by a brand new F2A85X-UP4 with same
> BIOS F5a but the problem persists.
>
> What could this be?
> Is it really a software issue?
> If so: how could I help fix this?
What changed 'a few weeks' ago when this problem started?
I noticed your USB post as well. Did that problem start at the same time
with the same change?
Regards,
Peter Hurley
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-27 15:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-26 5:53 weird keyboard issue (ps/2 port?) 3.9.x/3.10.x? Udo van den Heuvel
2013-08-27 15:40 ` Peter Hurley [this message]
2013-08-27 15:52 ` Udo van den Heuvel
2013-08-27 17:41 ` Andreas Mohr
2013-08-27 19:18 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-08-27 19:26 ` Andreas Mohr
2013-08-28 13:11 ` Udo van den Heuvel
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